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<DATE>2014-08-12</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140638.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="G">C.121.g.9[124]</STC>
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<HEAD>The new way of. LOVE is the cau&s;e of my Mourning,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To it's own Proper Tune.</OPENER>
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<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>WHEN <HI>Strephon</HI> the Heart of fair <HI>Iris</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;t,</L>
<L>'mong&s;t all the young Shepherds &s;he loved him be&s;t</L>
<L>No Swain in a Mi&s;tre&s;s &s;o fully was ble&s;t,</L>
<L>For he was both her Friend and her Lover:</L>
<L>Long did he court her Affection in vain,</L>
<L>Till at length &s;oft Compa&s;&s;ion triumph'd o'er Disdain</L>
<L>That &s;he heard all his Sighs, and &s;he felt all his Pain</L>
<L>Then the Swain found the Art how to move her.</L>
<L>Heavens did both their Souls in&s;pire</L>
<L>Then with an equal Fire,</L>
<L>Both had but one De&s;ire,</L>
<L>Both Hearts were burning.</L>
<L>O then, my dear <HI>Iris</HI> I little did fear,</L>
<L>Love would be the Cau&s;e of my Mourning!</L>
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<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L><HI>Iris,</HI> the &s;prightly, the witty and gay,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Charms all bewitching and fragrant like <HI>May</HI></L>
<L>Will ever be blooming and never decay;</L>
<L>She was all my Delight and my Plea&s;ure:</L>
<L>Returned all my Vows, and &s;o kind &s;he did prove,</L>
<L>Each Smile and each Glance encrea&s;ed our Love,</L>
<L>And taught how I might the dear Minutes improve,</L>
<L>I envyed no Monarch his Trea&s;ure.</L>
<L>But oh alas! that cu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ed Fate,</L>
<L>Hath chang'd her Mind of late,</L>
<L>Her Love is turned to Hate,</L>
<L>And I now forlorn,</L>
<L>Like an innocent <HI>Turtle:</HI> thats left by its Mate</L>
<L>Do remain in &s;ad Angui&s;h and Scorn.</L>
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<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Since <HI>Iris</HI> condems me, and will not allow</L>
<L>To hear the Defence of a Lover &s;o true,</L>
<L>To any new Beauty I'll &s;corn e'er to bow;</L>
<L>What I lov'd once will charm me for ever.</L>
<L>Tho my Vows and my Sighs are returned with Di&s;dain</L>
<L>I'll &s;uffer her Martyr, and never complain:</L>
<L>My Sou'ls &s;o fa&s;t lock'd, and in Love with its Chain</L>
<L>No new Beauty has Power to di&s;cover,</L>
<L>And now bani&s;hed from her Sight</L>
<L>And rob'd of all Delight,</L>
<L>I'll take a long&s;ome Flight</L>
<L>Without e'er returning.</L>
<L>And concealing her Name, to th' World I'll proclaim</L>
<L>That Love's been the cau&s;e of my Mourning.</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS,</TRAILER>
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