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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<HEAD>The Lamentation of Cloris. <HI>For the Unkindne&s;s of her SHEPHERD.</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>SHEWING,</P>
<L>How &s;he by her Strephon was &s;trangely Beguil'd,</L>
<L>And is almo&s;t De&s;tracted for want of a Child:</L>
<L>But if any brisk Ladd will come her to Imbrace,</L>
<L>She's free, can they find a convenient place.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>O Cloris awake, &amp;</HI>c.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
<P>No Loue&punc; no Life.</P>
<P>FC</P>
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<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>My Shepherd's unkind,</L>
<L>alas, what &s;hall I do?</L>
<L>Who &s;hall I direct</L>
<L>my &s;ad Speeches unto?</L>
<L>Whil&s;t in &s;ecret I mourn,</L>
<L>for the lo&s;s of my dear,</L>
<L>Down from my poor eyes,</L>
<L>drops many a Tear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He takes much delight,</L>
<L>with his flocks for to keep,</L>
<L>And minds not poor <HI>Cloris,</HI></L>
<L>who for him doth Weep:</L>
<L>But in vain I lament</L>
<L>for I plainly do &s;ee,</L>
<L>It is all one to him,</L>
<L>what becometh of me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In the morning he's gone,</L>
<L>before I'm awake,</L>
<L>Then I mi&s;s my dear Shepherd,</L>
<L>my heart it doth ake:</L>
<L>The Sighs and the Groans,</L>
<L>by my &s;elf I do fetch,</L>
<L>Would move him to pitty</L>
<L>a &s;orrowful wretch.</L>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>At night he doth think</L>
<L>for to make me amends,</L>
<L>And with his fair looks,</L>
<L>for to make us good friends:</L>
<L>But alas, he's &s;o weary,</L>
<L>he cannot be kind.</L>
<L>And this adds great &s;orrow,</L>
<L>to my pen&s;ive mind.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But I have no hopes,</L>
<L>that I e're &s;hall injoy</L>
<L>As the fruits of my labour,</L>
<L>A Girl or a Boy:</L>
<L>Which &s;o much I de&s;ire,</L>
<L>but I fear all in vain,</L>
<L>For my <HI>Strephon's</HI> unkind,</L>
<L>which doth make me complain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if thus he continues,</L>
<L>i'le tell you my mind,</L>
<L>I'le find out &s;ome friend:</L>
<L>who knows how to be kind:</L>
<L>For I'm &s;ure fle&s;h and Blood,</L>
<L>long cannot endure,</L>
<L>The pain that I feel,</L>
<L>without looking for cure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I walk in the fields,</L>
<L>not thinking of harms,</L>
<L>And meet but a woman,</L>
<L>with a Babe in her arms:</L>
<L>It tormenteth me more,</L>
<L>then my tongne can relate,</L>
<L>Which makes me deplore</L>
<L>my too riged fate.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Well <HI>Strephon</HI> thy fore-head</L>
<L>I will certainly graft,</L>
<L>With a large pair of Horns,</L>
<L>yet do't with &s;uch craft,</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt never be the wi&s;er,</L>
<L>and when this is done,</L>
<L>I fear not to bring thee</L>
<L>a Daughter or Son.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And for my &s;o doing,</L>
<L>can any me blame,</L>
<L>If they do but con&s;ider,</L>
<L>what a &s;currilous Name,</L>
<L>Poor women receive</L>
<L>that no Children do bear,</L>
<L>Though the fault be their husbands</L>
<L>&s;uch dry &s;ouls they are.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Be&s;ides I am young,</L>
<L>and my Nature requires</L>
<L>A lu&s;ty young Ladd,</L>
<L>for to plea&s;e my de&s;ires:</L>
<L>Yet I have as little,</L>
<L>of Lovers Content,</L>
<L>As ever had woman.</L>
<L>which makes me lament</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then pitty poor <HI>Cloris,</HI></L>
<L>all you that injoy</L>
<L>The content of your hearts,</L>
<L>and do frequently toy,</L>
<L>With your Lovers in private,</L>
<L>and u&s;e <HI>Venus</HI> Game,</L>
<L>For you cannot deny,</L>
<L>but my &s;hepherd's to blame.</L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>Printed for <HI>F. Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, I. Clarks, W. Thackeray,</HI> &amp; <HI>T. Pa&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">er.</HI></HI></P>
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