Poems on several occasions By William Broome ... The second edition, With large Alterations and Additions |
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THE PARTING, A SONG,
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THE PARTING, A SONG,
Set by Dr. Tudway, Professor of Music in Cambridge.
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When from the Plains Belinda fled,The sad Amyntor sigh'd,
And thus while Streams of Tears he shed,
The mournful Shepherd cry'd.
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II
“Move slow, ye Hours! thou Time delay!“Prolong the bright Belinda's stay:
“But you, like her, my Pray'r deny,
“And cruelly away ye fly.
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“Yet tho' she flies, she leaves behind“Her lovely Image in my Mind;
“O! fair Belinda, with me stay,
“Or take thy Image too away!
IV
“See! how the Fields are gay around,“How painted Flow'rs adorn the Ground!
“As if the Fields, as well as I,
“Were proud to please my Fair-one's Eye.
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“But now, ye Fields, no more be gay,“No more, ye Flow'rs, your Charms display!
“'Tis Desart all, now you are fled,
“And Paradise is where you tread.
VI
Unmov'd the Virgin flies his Cares,To shine at Court and Play,
To lonely Shades the Youth repairs,
To weep his Life away.
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