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<DATE>2010-12-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Paul Schaffner</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080712.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>An An&s;wer to the The Unfortunate Lady. Who Hang'd her &s;elf in Di&s;pair: Containing her Lovers Lamentation for her Untimely De&s;tiny; Together with the Apparition of her Bleeding Gho&s;t in his &s;ilent Chamber.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Langui&s;hing Swain.</HI></OPENER>
<P><HI REND="blackletterType">Licen&s;ed according to Order.</HI></P>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>VVHat di&s;mal tydings do I hear,</L>
<L>The fatal ruin of my Dear,</L>
<L>Who did her deare&s;t Life de&s;troy,</L>
<L>When &s;he might not her Love enjoy.</L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>Which grieves me to the very Soul,</L>
<L>In &s;orrow I her Death condole;</L>
<L>No peace nor comfort can I find,</L>
<L>The thoughts of her runs in my mind.</L>
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<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>Each Night when e're I clo&s;e mine Eyes,</L>
<L>Methinks I hear her di&s;mal Cries,</L>
<L>Saying, my Love I dy'd for thee;</L>
<L>And then her bleeding Gho&s;t I &s;ee.</L>
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<LG N="4">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>Then with a Voice both &s;harp and &s;hrill,</L>
<L>She does my &s;ilent Chamber fill,</L>
<L>And with a &s;igh and bitter groan,</L>
<L>She does expre&s;s her piteous moan.</L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>Alas! although I did appear</L>
<L>Thus in the Chamber of my Dear,</L>
<L>He never wrong'd his Lover, no,</L>
<L>'Twas Parents prov'd my overthrow.</L>
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<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L>I know the tender Turtle-Doves,</L>
<L>Was ne'r more con&s;tant to their Loves,</L>
<L>Then thee and I has been, &s;he cry'd,</L>
<L>And yet, alas! for Love I dy'd.</L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L>I was to thee as dear as Life,</L>
<L>My Friends has cau&s;ed all the &s;trife;</L>
<L>They &s;ought for Wealth and Riches &s;tore,</L>
<L>When Love had won the Field before.</L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<L>'Cau&s;e thou did'&s;t not in Wealth abound</L>
<L>My near Relations on thee frown'd,</L>
<L>And I was po&s;ted &s;traight from thee,</L>
<L>And by that means have ruin'd me.</L>
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<LG N="9">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<L>They &s;ent me word that thou wert Wed</L>
<L>Which tydings almo&s;t &s;truck me dead;</L>
<L>Unto Di&s;pair I &s;traight did run,</L>
<L>O &s;ee what cur&s;ed Gold has done!</L>
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<LG N="10">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<L>Then with a &s;igh and di&s;mal groan,</L>
<L>She &s;traight departs, leaves me alone;</L>
<L>Where I in &s;orrow weeping lye,</L>
<L>To think of Parents Cruelty.</L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<L>Sure Friends was never more to blame,</L>
<L>How could they &s;uch a Letter frame,</L>
<L>That I another Choice had made?</L>
<L>By this her Life they &s;oon betray'd.</L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<L>She well might be amaz'd, that I</L>
<L>Shou'd guilty be of Perjury,</L>
<L>And leave a loyal Love at la&s;t,</L>
<L>When many &s;olemn Vows had pa&s;t.</L>
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<LG N="13">
<HEAD>XIII.</HEAD>
<L>She's gone, and I am left behind:</L>
<L>Now &s;ince I can no Comfort find;</L>
<L>Come Death and prove a Friend to me,</L>
<L>O let me Dye as well as &s;he:</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>MEMENTO MORI</P>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare,</HI> and <HI>J. Back.</HI></P>
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