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[Say, lovely dream! where couldst thou find]
Say, lovely dream! where couldst thou find
Shades to counterfeit that face?
Colours of this glorious kind
Come not from any mortal place.
Shades to counterfeit that face?
Colours of this glorious kind
Come not from any mortal place.
In heaven itself thou sure wert dressed
With that angel-like disguise:
Thus deluded am I blessed,
And see my joy with closed eyes.
With that angel-like disguise:
Thus deluded am I blessed,
And see my joy with closed eyes.
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But ah! this image is too kind
To be other than a dream;
Cruel Sacharissa's mind
Never put on that sweet extreme!
To be other than a dream;
Cruel Sacharissa's mind
Never put on that sweet extreme!
Fair dream! if thou intend'st me grace,
Change that heavenly face of thine;
Paint despised love in thy face,
And make it to appear like mine.
Change that heavenly face of thine;
Paint despised love in thy face,
And make it to appear like mine.
Pale, wan, and meagre let it look,
With a pity-moving shape,
Such as wander by the brook
Of Lethe, or from graves escape.
With a pity-moving shape,
Such as wander by the brook
Of Lethe, or from graves escape.
Then to that matchless nymph appear,
In whose shape thou shinest so;
Softly in her sleeping ear,
With humble words, express my woe.
In whose shape thou shinest so;
Softly in her sleeping ear,
With humble words, express my woe.
Perhaps from greatness, state, and pride,
Thus surprised she may fall;
Sleep does disproportion hide,
And, death resembling, equals all.
Thus surprised she may fall;
Sleep does disproportion hide,
And, death resembling, equals all.
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