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Ferdinand Bol. Venus and Adonis, c1658. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A S O N G.
I.
Absent from thee I languish still;
Then ask me not, When I return?
The straying Fool 'twill plainly kill,
To wish all Day, all Night to mourn.
II.
Dear; from thine Arms then let me flie,
That my fantastick Mind may prove
The Torments it deserves to try,
That tears my fix'd Heart from my Love.
III.
When weary'd with a World of Woe
To thy safe Bosom I retire,
Where Love, and Peace, and Truth does flow,
May I contented there expire.
IV.
Lest once more wand'ring from that Heav'n,
I fall on some base Heart unblest;
Faithless to thee, false, unforgiven,
And lose my everlasting Rest.
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Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of. The Works of John Earl of Rochester.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1714. 15-16.
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