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<DATE>2010-01-05</DATE>
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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081023.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The <HI>Squire</HI>'s Grief Crown'd with Comfort: OR, <HI>Nectar</HI> preferr'd before Scornfull <HI>Cynthia,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of <HI>Let the Soldiers rejoyce.</HI></OPENER>
<P>Licen&s;ed according to Order</P>
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<LG>
<L>ARe the Fates &s;o unkind,</L>
<L>As to keep me confin'd,</L>
<L>Debarr'd of all Free&mdash;dom and Plea&s;ure?</L>
<L>For the young Charming Saint,</L>
<L>Ne'er regards my Complaint,</L>
<L>But deny's me, deny's me the Fountain of Plea&s;ure.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I'm catch'd in the Snare,</L>
<L>Of a Beauty &s;o fair,</L>
<L>Whom all the whole Wor&mdash;ld will admire;</L>
<L>At her Feet when I bow,</L>
<L>Not a Smile &s;he'll allow,.</L>
<L>But &s;he leaves me, &s;he leaves me, to burn with de|&s;ire</L>
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<LG>
<L>When I tell her of Love</L>
<L>Thar I prize none above</L>
<L>Fair <HI>Cynthia</HI> my A&mdash;morous Iewel;</L>
<L>She returns me her Frown,</L>
<L>Which do's quite run me down;</L>
<L>Oh! was ever, was ever a Creature &s;o cruel!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When her Eyes I beheld,</L>
<L>With Raptures I &s;well'd</L>
<L>To gain her I u&mdash;s'd my endeavour;</L>
<L>But yet all was in vain,</L>
<L>I might &s;igh and complain.</L>
<L>She deny'd me, deny'd me the Ble&s;&s;ing for ever.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Being clearly deny'd,</L>
<L>I in &s;orrow reply'd,</L>
<L>Whom Beauty a&mdash;lone hath invited,</L>
<L>Is rejected at la&s;t,</L>
<L>This my Glory doth bla&s;t,</L>
<L>Oh! was ever was, ever young Lover &s;o &s;lighted?</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thus with &s;orrow appre&s;t,</L>
<L>And deny'd of all re&s;t,</L>
<L>I &s;tarted when e&mdash;'er I did &s;lumber,</L>
<L>For my &s;orrows were more,</L>
<L>Then the &s;ands on the &s;hore,</L>
<L>For I tell you, I tell you, they were out of m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">.</L>
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<L>But at length I took Heart,</L>
<L>And defended the Dart,</L>
<L>And with a good I&mdash;ace I can carry it.</L>
<L>And &s;olemnly declare,</L>
<L>There's no <HI>Cynthia</HI> &s;o fair,</L>
<L>As a Bottle, a Bottle of delicate Clare<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This my Ioys will re&s;tore,</L>
<L>I'll regard her no more,</L>
<L>Nor trouble my Nod&mdash;dle about her,</L>
<L>For my Heart is at ea&s;e,</L>
<L>I can love when I plea&s;e,</L>
<L>Therefore tell her, now till her I can love <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> P. Brooksby. J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.</P>
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