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(51) Page 41 - I wish my love were in a mire
I Wifh mv Lcve were in a Mire.
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My- bofom glowcl; the fubtile flame
Ran quick thro'* all my vital frame;
er my dim eyes a darknefs hung;
My ears with hollow murmurs rung:
In dewy damps my limbs were chill d;
My blood with genrle horrors thrill'd;
My feeble pulfe forgot Jtp play:
1 fainted, funk, and dy'd away!

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