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Occasional verse, English.
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"Poems written on several occasions by N. Tate." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63114.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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The Charge.
SONG.
I.
TEll my Strephon that I die;Let Ecchoes to each other tell,Till the mournful Accent flyTo Strephon's Ear, and all is well.
II.
But gently break the fatal Truth,Sweeten ev'ry sadder Sound;For Strephon's such a tender Youth,The gentlest Words too deep will wound.
III.
The gentlest Words will wound too deepThe dear relenting Swain,Then let my Griefs in Silence sleep,And never more complain.
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IV.
Fountains Ecchoes all be dumb;For should I cost my Swain a Tear,I shall repent me in the Tomb,And grieve to buy my Rest so dear.
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