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First Line: On a bank, beside a willow
Last Line: Love and damon are no more.
Subject(s): Death; Kisses; Love - Loss Of; Singing & Singers; Tears; Dead, The; Songs


1

ON a Bank, beside a Willow,
Heav'n her Cov'ring, Earth her Pillow,
Sad Amynta sigh'd alone;
From the chearless dawn of Morning
Till the Dews of Night returning,
Singing thus she made her mone:
Hope is banish'd,
Joys are vanish'd,
Damon, my belov'd, is gone!

2

Time, I dare thee to discover
Such a Youth, and such a Lover;
Oh, so true, so kind was he!
Damon was the pride of Nature,
Charming in his every Feature;
Damon liv'd alone for me:
Melting Kisses,
Murmuring Blisses;
Who so liv'd and lov'd as we!

3

Never shall we curse the Morning,
Never bless the Night returning,
Sweet Embraces to restore:
Never shall we both ly dying,
Nature failing, love supplying
All the Joys he drain'd before.
Death come end me
To befriend me;
Love and Damon are no more.





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