CLOE to LYSANDER. William Shenstone Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.006 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.

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