I ask'd my fair one happy day,
What I should call her in my lay;
       &nbspBy what sweet name from Rome or Greece;
Lalage, Neaera, Chloris,
Sappho, Lesbia, or Doris,
       &nbspArethusa or Lucrece.


'Ah!' replied my gentle fair,
'Belovéd, what are names but air?
       &nbspChoose thou whatever suits the line;
Call me Sappho, call me Chloris,
Call me Lalage or Doris,
       &nbspOnly, only call me Thine.'