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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Slighted MAID: OR, The Pining Lover:</HEAD>
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<L>With &s;ighs and moans &s;he doth intreat her Dear,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t he &s;eems to be deaf and will not hear:</L>
<L>At length his frozen Heart begins to melt,</L>
<L>Being moved with the pa&s;&s;on &s;he had felt.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>I prithee Love turn me, &amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
<P>Licens'd and Enter'd according to Order.</P>
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<LG>
<L>WAs ever Maiden &s;o &s;corned,</L>
<L>by one that &s;he loved &s;o dear;</L>
<L>Long time have I &s;ighed and mourned,</L>
<L>and &s;till my Love will not hear:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O turn to me my own dear Heart,</L>
<L>and I prithee Love turn to me;</L>
<L>For thou act the Lad I long for,</L>
<L>and, alas! what remedy?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My lodging is on the cold ground,</L>
<L>and very hard is my fare,</L>
<L>But that which troubles me mo&s;t, is</L>
<L>the unkindne&s;s of my Dear:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O turn to me my own dear Heart,</L>
<L>and I prithee Love turn to me;</L>
<L>For thou art the Lad I long for,</L>
<L>and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O &s;top not thy ear to the wailings</L>
<L>of me a poor harmle&s;s Maid;</L>
<L>You know we are &s;ubject to failings,</L>
<L>blind Cupid hath me betraid:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And now I mu&s;t cry, O turn Love,</L>
<L>and I prithee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone art</L>
<L>the cau&s;e of my mi&s;rey.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How can&s;t thou be &s;o heard hearted,</L>
<L>and cruel to me alone;</L>
<L>If ever we &s;hould be parted,</L>
<L>then all my delight is gone;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>But ever I cry, O turn Love,</L>
<L>and I prithee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone art</L>
<L>the cau&s;e of my mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'll make thee pritty &s;weet po&s;ies,</L>
<L>and con&s;tant I ever will prove,</L>
<L>I'll &s;trow thy chamber with ro&s;es</L>
<L>and all to delight my Love:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Then turn to me my own dear Heart,</L>
<L>and I prethee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone can</L>
<L>procure my liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'll do my endeavour to plea&s;e thee,</L>
<L>by making the bed full &s;oft,</L>
<L>Of all thy &s;orrows i'll ea&s;e thee,</L>
<L>by ki&s;&s;ing thy lips full oft:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Then turn to me my own dear Heart,</L>
<L>and I prethee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone can</L>
<L>procure my liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">u wilt harden thy heart &s;till</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that thou &s;till do di&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">in me,</L>
<L>I never will love thee more,</L>
<L>Thy cruelty &s;hall never pain me,</L>
<L>for i'll have another in &s;tore:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>But &s;till I cry, O turn Love,</L>
<L>and I prethee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone art</L>
<L>the cau&s;e of my mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>By hearing her pittiful clamour,</L>
<L>the pa&s;&s;ion of love he felt;</L>
<L>He could no longer di&s;dain her,</L>
<L>his frozen heart it did melt:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>For ever the cryed, O turn Love,</L>
<L>and I prethee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art the Man that alone can</L>
<L>procure my liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He &s;aid, My Love I will plea&s;e thee,</L>
<L>thy heavine&s;s grieves me &s;ore,</L>
<L>But let not &s;orrow once &s;eize thee,</L>
<L>I never will grieve thee more:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>I'll turn to thee my own kind Heart,</L>
<L>dear Love i'll turn to thee;</L>
<L>For I am Man that now am come</L>
<L>to procure thy liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'll crown thee with a garland of &s;traw then,</L>
<L>and marry thee with a ru&s;h-ring,</L>
<L>My frozen heart it will thaw then,</L>
<L>and merrily we will &s;ing:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>But ever &s;he cry'd, O turn Love,</L>
<L>and I prethee Love turn to me,</L>
<L>For thou art Man that alone can</L>
<L>relea&s;e my mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
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