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<HEAD>THE <HI>Bleeding Lovers Lamentation:</HI> OR, Fair <HI>Clorindas</HI> &s;orrowful Complaint for the lo&s;s of her Uncon&s;tant <HI>Strephon.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Ring of Gold.</HI></OPENER>
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<P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P>
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<LG>
<L>RAnging the &s;ilent &s;hade</L>
<L>&s;eeking for Plea&s;ure,</L>
<L>I heard a fair young Maid</L>
<L>weep out of mea&s;uree:</L>
<L>Her curled locks the tore</L>
<L>and often crying,</L>
<L><HI>Strephon</HI> whom I ador<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>is from me flying.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sure by &s;ome charming Saint</L>
<L>he is deluded,</L>
<L>While here in &s;ad complaint</L>
<L>I lye excluded</L>
<L>From all the Ioys of love,</L>
<L>and grief lye under.</L>
<L>My &s;orrows to remove,</L>
<L>heart break in &s;under.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O <HI>Strephon</HI> mo&s;t unkind</L>
<L>how could you <UNCLEAR>leaue</UNCLEAR> me.</L>
<L>With a tormented mind,</L>
<L>the which doth grieve me,</L>
<L>Return, return again</L>
<L>whom I admire,</L>
<L>Or in tormenting pain</L>
<L>I &s;hall expire.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>A</HI> Alas you little know</L>
<L>how I lye bleeding,</L>
<L>The&s;e melting tears that flow</L>
<L>for me are pleading,</L>
<L>Let them &s;ome pity find,</L>
<L>do not de&s;troy me;</L>
<L>I am to love inclin'd,</L>
<L>let me enjoy thee.</L>
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<LG>
<L>In vain this moan I make,</L>
<L>he will not hear me,</L>
<L>Altho' my heart &s;hould break</L>
<L>he'll not come near me;</L>
<L>But Violates the Laws</L>
<L>of Lovers pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>What have I done to cau&s;e</L>
<L>this &s;eperation.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>None had my heart but he</L>
<L>ever in keeping,</L>
<L>This &s;aid immediately,</L>
<L>&s;he fell a weeping,</L>
<L>Her hands as white as Snow,</L>
<L>&s;he wrung them, crying,</L>
<L>Down to the &s;hades below,</L>
<L>my &s;oul is flying.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My la&s;t Farewel I'll write</L>
<L>and leave behind me,</L>
<L>Since he for ruine quite</L>
<L>thus hath de&s;ign'd me,</L>
<L>When he the &s;ame &s;hall read,</L>
<L>it may offend him;</L>
<L>A mournful life he'll lead,</L>
<L>grief may attend him.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he &s;hall call to mind</L>
<L>what Vows he made me,</L>
<L>Seeming to love inclin'd</L>
<L>'till he betray'd me:</L>
<L>This may his Soul en&s;lave</L>
<L>and cau&s;e his weeping,</L>
<L>While in the &s;ilent Grave</L>
<L>I &s;hall lye &s;leeping.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Death ea&s;e me of the &s;mart</L>
<L>which I lye under,</L>
<L>And let this &s;tubborn heart</L>
<L>now break in &s;under.</L>
<L>Why &s;hould I live to feel</L>
<L>loves flaming fire,</L>
<L>Which I cannot conceal,</L>
<L>let me expire.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Once more her melting eyes</L>
<L>like Fountains flowing</L>
<L>And with relenting Crys,</L>
<L>&s;aid &s;he I'm going.</L>
<L>Farewel thou perjur'd &s;wain</L>
<L>who from me parted,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t a lover &s;lain</L>
<L>being hard hearted.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare <HI>and</HI> J. Back.</P>
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