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THE PLEASED CAPTIVE; A SONG by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: A GLORIOUS ANGEL COMING ON THE WING
Last Line: BUT CYNTHIA'S CHAINS WHO WOULD NOT CHOOSE TO WEAR?
Subject(s): LOVE;

A GLORIOUS angel coming on the wing,
From Heav'n descended near a river side,
Where me alone my destiny did bring,
To view the pleasant fields without a guide;
A net she'd laid, drawn by a silken string,
So hid in grass, it could not be espy'd,
There was I captive taken in her snare,
But Cynthia's chains who would not choose to wear?



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