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Poems Of John Dryden: Song To A Fair Young Lady, Going Out Of The Town In The Spring

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Dryden, John

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Song To A Fair Young Lady, Going Out Of The Town In The Spring

Ask not the cause why sullen Spring So long delays her flowers to bear; Why warbling birds forget to sing, And winter storms invert the year: Chloris is gone; and fate provides To make it Spring where she resides.

Chloris is gone, the cruel fair; She cast not back a pitying eye: But left her lover in despair To sigh, to languish, and to die: Ah! how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure?

Great God of Love, why hast thou made A face that can all hearts command, That all religions can ...

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