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SONG by JOHN CUTTS

First Line: ONLY TELL HER THAT I LOVE
Last Line: WHY, O WHY SHOULD I DESPAIR?
Subject(s): DESPAIR;
ONLY tell her that I love:
Leave the rest to her and Fate:
Some kind planet from above
May perhaps her pity move:
Lovers on their stars must wait. --
Only tell her that I love!

Why, O why should I despair!
Mercy 's pictured in her eye:
If she once vouchsafe to hear,
Welcome Hope and farewell Fear!10
She's too good to let me die. --
Why, O why should I despair?



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