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As Svlvia in a fnvcii lay.
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irain? Wh\' is JDur won_ted
you So worthlefs and fo vain? Why is yoi
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fond nefs now Con - ver _ ted to dif _ - dain?
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You vow'd the light fhou'd darknefs turn.For you delighted, I fhowld die
E'er jou'd exchange your love;
In iThades may now creation mourn.
Since ^ ou unfaithful prove.
Was it for this I credit gave
To evr\' oath you fwore?
But ahi it feems thej- moft deceive.
Who moft our charms adore\
But oh; with grief Im filld.
To think that credulous con ft ant I
Shoud hy yourfclf be kiU'd.
'Tis plain yonr drift was all deceit.
The practice of mankind:
Alasl I fee it, but tqo late,
M love had made me blind.
This faid all breathlefs,fick ^ pal.
Her head upon her hand,
She found her vital fpirits fai.I,
And fenfes at a ftand.
Sj Ivander then began to melt;
But e'er the word was givci;.
The heavy handof death ft-.t {< if,
And figh'd her foul to Heaven.
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