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TO HIS MISTRESS UPON GOING TO TRAVEL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dearest, do not now delay me
Last Line: Which restrained, a heart is broken.
Subject(s): Farewell; Travel; Parting; Journeys; Trips


DEAREST, do not now delay me,
Since thou knowest I must be gone;
Wind and tide, 'tis thought doth stay me,
But 'tis wind that must be blown
From thy breath whose native smell
Indian odours doth excel.

O then speak, my dearest Fair,
Kill not him who vows to serve thee,
But perfume the neighbouring air,
For dumb silence else will starve me
'Tis a word is quickly spoken,
Which restrained, a heart is broken.





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