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... tears to flow ? Since for my sake each dear translucent drop Breaks forth , best witness of thy truth sincere , My lips should drink the precious mixture up , And , ere it falls , receive the trembling tear . Trust me , these symptoms ...
... tears to flow ? Since for my sake each dear translucent drop Breaks forth , best witness of thy truth sincere , My lips should drink the precious mixture up , And , ere it falls , receive the trembling tear . Trust me , these symptoms ...
Page 415
... tears , And tears by Sally shed For absent Robin , who , she fears With too much cause , is dead . One morn he came not to her hand As he was wont to come , And , on her finger perch'd , to stand Picking his breakfast - crumb . Alarm'd ...
... tears , And tears by Sally shed For absent Robin , who , she fears With too much cause , is dead . One morn he came not to her hand As he was wont to come , And , on her finger perch'd , to stand Picking his breakfast - crumb . Alarm'd ...
Page 503
... tears she shows , Seems to participate my woes . 12 Ye stars ! whose faint and feeble fires Express my languishing desires , Whose slender beams pervade the skies As silent as my secret sighs , Those emanations of a soul That darts her ...
... tears she shows , Seems to participate my woes . 12 Ye stars ! whose faint and feeble fires Express my languishing desires , Whose slender beams pervade the skies As silent as my secret sighs , Those emanations of a soul That darts her ...
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