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YE GENTLE GALES by GEORGE CRABBE

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First Line: YE GENTLE GALES, THAT SOFTLY MOVE
Last Line: AND TELL THE HAUGHTY FAIR I DIE.

YE gentle Gales, that softly move,
Go whisper to the Fair I love;
Tell her I languish and adore,
And pity in return implore.

But if she's cold to my request,
Ye louder Winds, proclaim the rest --
My sighs, my tears, my griefs proclaim,
And speak in strongest notes my flame.

Still if she rests in mute disdain,
And thinks I feel a common pain --
Wing'd with my woes, ye Tempests, fly,
And tell the haughty fair I die.



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