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l am no stranger A an aching noRE, > Re SE Lknow what ’tis to weep and sigh and praÿy PE PRRE AS And meet for humble love unkind disdain; CS These pains for you I have been forced to prove, ARS TROUEE î ae For cruel you when Le began to love D D Till warm companion took at length my. part A Ad me > . And melted to my wish your yielding eart.

: O the dear hour in which you did resign ë | A Re When round my neck your willing arms dit twine

And in a kiss you said your heart was mine, ee

Et le poète bénit du. fond de son cœur cet instant qu ‘il voudrait éternel et à

Distinguished in the rounds of all eternity.

Maïs 4 "est-ce qui a terni le miroir d’ une telle félicité ?

Re -Now when a mutual flame you Es revealed And the dear union of our souls been sealed When all my joys complete in you 1 find - { Shall 1 not share the sorrow of your mind ?

a I have not to my knowledge err’d in thought ne = Nor wander’d from my love ; … : RCE Am I to be depriv'd then ? Must we part ?

Oh, no we must not, will not, cannot part - And my tongue talks unprompted by my heart. > À ; Dans cette poésie tendre et naïve, une des Die SINCÈTes que Congreve ait jamais tournées, ne trouve-t-on ES toute sa jeu-

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