The Works of Mr. Robert Gould In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems [and] Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies [by Robert Gould] |
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SONG XVII. The Invocation.
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Some pitying Power that rules aboveTo my Request encline:
Since I must ne'er have Cælia's Love,
For ever raze out mine.
Her Scorn I can no longer bear!
Tis Murder o'er and o'er!
Ah! neither let me Hope or Fear,
But ease my Passion by Despair,
And she can wound no more.
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Take her for ever from my Sight,A Fate like mine to prove;
That she may feel, in all its Spite,
The Curse of slighted Love:
That swooning, raving with her Care,
She may her Error find;
How vainly Heav'n has made them Fair,
That to their dying Lovers Prayer
Are cruel and unkind.
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