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First Line: By a dismal cypress lying
Last Line: But cruel she I lov'd in vain.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Nymphs; Singing & Singers; Dead, The; Songs


BY a dismal Cypress lying,
Damon cry'd, all pale and dying,
Kind is Death that ends my pain,
But cruel She I lov'd in vain.
The Mossy Fountains
Murmure my trouble,
And hollow Mountains
My groans redouble:
Every Nymph mourns me,
Thus while I languish;
She only scorns me,
Who caus'd my anguish.
No Love returning me, all my hope denying;
By a dismal Cypress lying,
Like a Swan, so sung he dying:
Kind is Death that ends my pain,
But cruel She I lov'd in vain.





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