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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Poet's Biography
First Line: Whenever, chloe, I begin / your heart, like mine, to move
Last Line: A holy day in heaven.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of
Subject(s): Errors; Repentance; Sin; Singing & Singers; Mistakes; Fallacies; Penitence
First Line: Whenever, chloe, I begin / your heart, like mine, to move
Last Line: A holy day in heaven.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of
Subject(s): Errors; Repentance; Sin; Singing & Singers; Mistakes; Fallacies; Penitence
WHENEVER, Chloe, I begin
Your heart, like mine, to move,
You tell me of the crying sin
Of unchaste lawless love.
How can that passion be a sin,
Which gave to Chloe birth?
How can those joys but be divine,
Which make a heaven on earth?
To wed, mankind the priests trepanned
By some sly fallacy,
And disobeyed God's great command,
Increase and multiply.
You say that love's a crime; content:
Yet this allow you must,
More joy's in heav'n if one repent,
Than over ninety just.
Sin then, dear girl, for heaven's sake,
Repent and be forgiven;
Eless me, and by repentance make
A holy day in heaven.
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