 | Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin |  |
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[Lovers vainly try to banish]
Lovers vainly try to banish,
From their hearts the tyrant boy,
But their efforts idly vanish,
To remove the painful joy.—
From their hearts the tyrant boy,
But their efforts idly vanish,
To remove the painful joy.—
Some attempt to heal their anguish
In absence from the cruel fair,
Hear her sighs, again they languish
Love's delicious chains to wear.—
In absence from the cruel fair,
Hear her sighs, again they languish
Love's delicious chains to wear.—
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Some their ardent flame to smother,
Seek relief in floods of wine,
Love will come a bold intruder
And around their cup entwine!
Seek relief in floods of wine,
Love will come a bold intruder
And around their cup entwine!
| Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin | |