Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments |
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The Expectation.
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The Expectation.
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Why did I ever see those glorious eyesMy famish'd Soul to Tantalize?
I hop'd for Heav'n, which I had lately seen,
But ne'r perceiv'd the Gulph between:
In vain for bliss did my presumptions seek,
My love so strong
I could not hold my tongue,
My heart so feeble that I durst not speak.
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Yet why do I my constitution blame,Since all my heart is out of frame!
'Twere better (sure) my passions to appease,
With hope to palliate my disease:
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To hope for that
I must not compass yet,
And make a Vertue of Necessity.
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