Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by JOHN DOWLAND


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First Line: Farewell, unkind, farewell, to me no more a father
Last Line: Welcome, my love, welcome, my joy for ever.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


FAREWELL, unkind, farewell, to me no more a father,
Since my heart holds my love most dear:
The wealth that thou dost reap, another's hand must gather,
Though thy heart still lies buried there;
Then farewell, O farewell:
Welcome, my love, welcome, my joy for ever.

'Tis not the vain desire of human fleeting beauty,
Makes my mind to live, though my means to die.
Nor do I Nature wrong, though I forget my duty:
Love not in the blood, but in the spirit doth lie.
Then farewell, O farewell
Welcome, my love, welcome, my joy for ever.





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