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CLOE to LYSANDER.

1 OF vagrant loves, and fickle flames
2 Lysander's Muse may tell,
3 And sure such artless freedom claims
4 His Cloe's best farewel.
5 Whene'er his heart becomes the theme
6 We see his fancy shine;
7 But let not vain Lysander dream
8 That e'er that heart was mine.
9 Can he that fondly hopes to move,
10 With caution chill his lay?
11 Can he who feels the power of love,
12 Foretel that love's decay?
13 Why teize believing nymphs in vain?
14 Go seek some pathless vale,
15 And listen to thy vocal strain
16 Soft echoing down the dale.
17 While artless Cloe hence retir'd,
18 Shall this sad maxim prove;
19 No bosom, once with love inspir'd,
20 Could ever cease to love.

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Title (in Source Edition): CLOE to LYSANDER.
Themes: sex; relations between the sexes; love
Genres: ballad metre; Chevy Chase stanza
References: DMI 27854

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Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758], p. 115. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.006) (Page images digitized by the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive from a copy in the archive's library.)

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