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TO CYNTHIA GONE INTO THE COUNTRY by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: THO' THE LATE PARTING WAS OUR JOINT DESIRE
Last Line: NOT ONCE TO SIGH FOR WHAT THOU LEFT'ST BEHIND.
Subject(s): FAREWELL; PARTING;
THO' the late parting was our joint desire,
It did with diff'rent passions us inspire;
Thou wert o'erjoy'd, opprest with sorrow I;
Thy thoughts did faster than thy footsteps fly.

But tho' I strove and labour'd to depart,
Spite of my feet, I follow'd with my heart;
Since thus I griev'd my loss, it was unkind
Not once to sigh for what thou left'st behind.



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