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TO CLOE by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: WHILST I AM SCORCHED WITH HOT DESIRE
Last Line: THE REST IN MINE SHALL EVER LAST.
Subject(s): DESIRE; FRIENDSHIP; HEARTS; PASSION;

WHILST I am scorched with hot desire,
In vain cold friendship you return;
Your drops of pity on my fire
Alas! but make it fiercer burn.

Ah! would you have the flame suppressed,
That kills the heart it heats too fast,
Take half my passion to your breast;
The rest in mine shall ever last.



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