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IF FROM MY HEART I TEAR THEE.
I.
If from my heart I tear thee,Thou fasten'st on my sight;
And when I most forswear thee,
Then most thou look'st delight;
Yet when I turn to woo thee,
'Tis then thou mock'st my heart:
Thou flout'st when I pursue thee,
Yet woo'st when I depart!
II.
I seek, in others' smiling,For loves that warm to mine:
Alas! when most beguiling,
Then most they look like thine;
Even brighter beauties only
Remind me of thy charms,
And my heart is then most lonely,
With another in mine arms.
III.
If love to me denying,Why still to memory cling?
If thus resolved on flying,
Why still look back and sing?
What profits thee to capture,
Yet still refuse to chain;
Forbear the very rapture
That consecrates the reign?
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