Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments |
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Coridon Converted.
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Coridon Converted.
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When Coridon a Slave did lie,Entangled in his Phyllis Eye,
How did he sigh! how did he grone!
How melancholy was his tone!
He told his Story to the Woods,
And wept his Passion by the Floods;
Then Phyllis, cruel Phyllis, too too blame,
Regarded not his sufferings, nor his flame.
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Then Coridon resolv'd no moreHis Mistris Mercy to implore;
How did he laugh, how did he sing!
How did he make the Forrest ring!
He told his Conquests to the Woods,
And drown'd his passions in the Floods:
Then Phyllis, cruel Phyllis, less severe
Would have had him, but he would none of her.
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