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THE COQUETTE.
Oh, tell me, sweet girl, ere we part,
If your recent reproofs were sincere,
If that anger arose from the heart,
Which glowed in those glances severe.
If your recent reproofs were sincere,
If that anger arose from the heart,
Which glowed in those glances severe.
Did you mean, love, when lately we met,
In earnest to frown thus and fly me?
Or, acting for once the coquette,
Did you counterfeit rage but to try me?
In earnest to frown thus and fly me?
Or, acting for once the coquette,
Did you counterfeit rage but to try me?
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Come! kiss and make up ere we part,
And, dearest, I'll strive to amend!
For, depriv'd of my home in your heart,
Where again shall I find such a friend?
And, dearest, I'll strive to amend!
For, depriv'd of my home in your heart,
Where again shall I find such a friend?
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