Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 22, by MATTHEW PRIOR


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SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 22, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Since by ill fate I'm forced away
Last Line: Behold your picture in my heart.
Subject(s): Absence; Charm; Eyes; Fate; Hearts; Love; Separation; Isolation; Destiny


SINCE by ill fate I'm forced away,
And snatched so soon from those dear arms;
Against my will I must obey,
And leave those sweet endearing charms.

Yet still love on; and never fear,
But you and constancy will prove
Enough my present flame to bear,
And make me, though in absence, love.

For, though your presence fate denies,
I feel, alas! the killing smart;
And can with undiscerned eyes
Behold your picture in my heart.





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