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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>Uncon&s;tant Damon: OR, Clorinda's <HI>Langui&s;hing Lamentation:</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a delightfull new Tune, or, <HI>He that loves be&s;t mu&s;t &s;uffer mo&s;t.</HI></OPENER>
<HEADNOTE><P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P></HEADNOTE>
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<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>SOme mournful Mu&s;e attend my Quill,</L>
<L>While I the Shades and Valleys fill,</L>
<L>With Sighs and &s;ad lamenting Cries,</L>
<L>Since <HI>Damon</HI> doth my Love de&s;pi&s;e:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Here for his &s;ake I bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>Among the Mountains did I rove,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e e'ery &s;ilent Grove,</L>
<L>To find out my Di&s;loyal Swain;</L>
<L>But yet I find it all in vain.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Now for his &s;ake</HI> I <HI>bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>When fir&s;t the Shades I did frequent,</L>
<L>I little knew what Lovers meant;</L>
<L>My freedom then I did enjoy,</L>
<L>But <HI>Damon</HI> did the &s;ame de&s;troy:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Now for his &s;ake I bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4.</HEAD>
<L>Why doth the God of Love invade</L>
<L>The Heart of a young harmle&s;s Maid?</L>
<L>And leave me likewi&s;e bound, faith &s;he,</L>
<L>In Chains of &s;ad Captivity?</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Where I in Sorrow &s;ighing lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5.</HEAD>
<L>No longer can I now Conceal</L>
<L>My flames, but mu&s;t the &s;ame reveal;</L>
<L>For <HI>Cupid</HI> with his Golden Dart,</L>
<L>Has wounded deep my yielding Heart,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Soe that in melting Tears I lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6.</HEAD>
<L>The Ro&s;e and Lillys which did twine,</L>
<L>Here in the&s;e youthful Cheeks of mine,</L>
<L>Are now become as pale as Lead,</L>
<L>Since all my &s;plendid Glory's fled:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For</HI> Damon'<HI>s &s;ake, I Bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7.</HEAD>
<L>The fatal &s;troke make ha&s;te to give,</L>
<L>For I had rather dye than live</L>
<L>In &s;o much Torment, Grief and Pain;</L>
<L>Farewell thon fal&s;e and perjur'd Swain;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>In Grief alas! I bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8.</HEAD>
<L>Here I invoke the Powers above,</L>
<L>To pitty me who&s;e Pain is Love,</L>
<L>And yield me now this day Relief,</L>
<L>To ea&s;e the angui&s;h of my Grief:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For here alas! I bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9.</HEAD>
<L>What have I done to cau&s;e this Woe?</L>
<L>Why does the Fares afflict me &s;o?</L>
<L>Why don't my Heart this minute break?</L>
<L>And Death a Final Conque&s;t make:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For here alas! I Bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would but cannot dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10.</HEAD>
<L>The Nymph that now enjoys my Dear.</L>
<L>While I in &s;orrow Langui&s;h here,</L>
<L>She little knows my Wretched State,</L>
<L>The which no Mortal can relate:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For here alas! I bleeding lye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And fain I would, but cannot dye.</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.</HI></P>
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