The Third Volume of the Works of Mr. William Congreve containing Poems upon Several Occasions |
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THE PETITION.
Grant me, gentle Love, said I,
One dear Blessing e'er I die;
Long I've born Excess of Pain,
Let me now some Bliss obtain.
One dear Blessing e'er I die;
Long I've born Excess of Pain,
Let me now some Bliss obtain.
Thus to Almighty Love I cry'd,
When angry, thus the God reply'd.
When angry, thus the God reply'd.
Blessings greater none can have,
Art thou not Amynta's Slave?
Cease, fond Mortal, to implore,
For Love, Love himself's no more.
Art thou not Amynta's Slave?
Cease, fond Mortal, to implore,
For Love, Love himself's no more.
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