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SONG.
[Ah, Delia! I will not complain]
Ah, Delia! I will not complain,
That another is blest in thy charms;
Yet allow me to envy the swain,
Whom Delia can take to her arms.
That another is blest in thy charms;
Yet allow me to envy the swain,
Whom Delia can take to her arms.
I confess that no merit is mine—
That of Delia I ought to despair:
Since thy virtues, dear maid, are divine,
And thy form like an angel's so fair.
That of Delia I ought to despair:
Since thy virtues, dear maid, are divine,
And thy form like an angel's so fair.
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On Fate let me fix all the blame,
Who show'd me thy form of desire;
When I caught from thy beauty a flame,
That only with life can expire.
Who show'd me thy form of desire;
When I caught from thy beauty a flame,
That only with life can expire.
Yet, Delia, before I depart,
Ah! do not one favour deny;
Though Fortune denies me thy heart,
Let thy pity accept of its sigh.
Ah! do not one favour deny;
Though Fortune denies me thy heart,
Let thy pity accept of its sigh.
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