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TO BELLA.
Ah! tell me not that I am old,
And bid me quit the billing dove;
Though many years have o'er me roll'd,
My heart is still alive to love.
Then tell me not that I am old.
And bid me quit the billing dove;
Though many years have o'er me roll'd,
My heart is still alive to love.
Then tell me not that I am old.
When Beauty's blush delights no more,
And Beauty's smile and sparkling eye;
When these no longer I adore,
Then Pity yield the bard a sigh.
I will not quarrel to be told,
Son of Apollo, thou art old.
And Beauty's smile and sparkling eye;
When these no longer I adore,
Then Pity yield the bard a sigh.
I will not quarrel to be told,
Son of Apollo, thou art old.
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