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<HEAD>STREPHON and CLORIS. Or, the Coy <HI>SHEPHERD</HI> and Kind <HI>SHEPHERDESS</HI></HEAD>
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<LG>
<L>He's fearful that his Flocks &s;hould go a&s;tray,</L>
<L>And from her kind Embraces would away;</L>
<L>But &s;he with loving Charms doth him &s;o fetter,</L>
<L>That for to &s;tay he finds <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> much the better:</L>
<L>When Flock, and Herds and all concerns do fail.</L>
<L>Love must be &s;atisfy'd, one will prevail.</L>
</LG>
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<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new Tune at the Play-Hou&s;e;
<HI>Or, Love will find out the way,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>AH! Cloris awake,</L>
<L>it is all abroad Day,</L>
<L>If you &s;leep any longer</L>
<L>our Flocks they will &s;tray:</L>
<L>Lye &s;till my dear &s;hepherd,</L>
<L>and do not ri&s;e yet,</L>
<L>For it is a cold Windy morning,</L>
<L>and be&s;ides it is wet.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Cloris make ha&s;te,</L>
<L>for it is no &s;uch thing;</L>
<L>Our time we do wa&s;t,</L>
<L>for the Lark is on Wing,</L>
<L>Be&s;ides I do fancy</L>
<L>I hear the Young Lambs,</L>
<L>Cry ba, ba, ba, ba,</L>
<L>for the lo&s;s of their Damms.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My &s;hepherd I come,</L>
<L>though I'm all over &s;o</L>
<L>But I &s;wear <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words">, not love you,</L>
<L>if you ri&s;e &s;o to morrow:</L>
<L>For me thinks it's unkind,</L>
<L>thus early to ri&s;e:</L>
<L>And not to bid me good morrow:</L>
<L>brings tears from my Eyes.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O hark my dear Cloris,</L>
<L>before than &s;halt weep:</L>
<L>I'le &s;tay to imbrace thee,</L>
<L>neglecting my &s;leep:</L>
<L>My flocks they may wander,</L>
<L>one hour, two or three:</L>
<L>But it I loo&s;e thy favour,</L>
<L>I ruin'd &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I joy my dear &s;hepherd,</L>
<L>to hear the &s;ay &s;o:</L>
<L>It ca&s;es my heart of</L>
<L>much &s;orrow and woe:</L>
<L>And for thy Reward</L>
<L>I will give the a ki&s;s:</L>
<L>And then thou &s;hall ta&s;te</L>
<L>of a true Lovers bli&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But Cloris behold how</L>
<L>bright Phebus his Beams:</L>
<L>Invit's us to go</L>
<L>to the murmuring &s;treams:</L>
<L>I bear the brave Hunt&s;man</L>
<L>doth follow the try:</L>
<L>And make the Woods ring,</L>
<L>yet how &s;luggi&s;h am I.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Hounds and the Hunt&s;man</L>
<L>may follow the Cha&s;e:</L>
<L>Whil&s;t we enjoy plea&s;ure</L>
<L>in a far better place:</L>
<L>Thou know&s;t my dear Shepherd</L>
<L>there is no delight,</L>
<L>Like Lovers enjoyment</L>
<L>from Morning till Night.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Was my dear Cloris,</L>
<L>what do&s;t thou require:</L>
<L>The care of my Flocks</L>
<L>doth abate my de&s;ire:</L>
<L>The Lambk are new Yeaned,</L>
<L>and tender for Prey,</L>
<L>And I fear the &s;lie Wolf.</L>
<L>&s;he &s;hould bear them away,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Love do not fear it,</L>
<L>the Wolf he is fled,</L>
<L>To take up his Lodging</L>
<L>in his Mo&s;&s;y Bed:</L>
<L>Then let me embrace the,</L>
<L>whil&s;t we do agree:</L>
<L>And I Promi&s;e to go,</L>
<L>thou &s;halt after be free.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ah Cloris! the words</L>
<L>are &s;o pow'rful with me,</L>
<L>That I could be willing</L>
<L>to tarry with thee:</L>
<L>Therefore to content thee,</L>
<L>one hour I will &s;tay,</L>
<L>But I vow by God Cupid,</L>
<L>I will then go away.</L>
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<LG>
<L>How I have my wi&s;hes,</L>
<L>dear Shepherd we'l part,</L>
<L>Although thou do&s;t carry</L>
<L>away my poor heart:</L>
<L>I ble&s;s the great Gods,</L>
<L>that to Lovers are kind:</L>
<L>To bring us together,</L>
<L>&s;uch bli&s;s for to find,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then farewel dear Cloris,</L>
<L>till I &s;ee thee again,</L>
<L>For now I will ha&s;te to</L>
<L>my Flock on the plain:</L>
<L>Where I &s;hall record</L>
<L>thy true Love in &s;uch Rhimes.</L>
<L>For &s;hepherds to admire</L>
<L>in &s;ucceeding times.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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