Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMATORY LINES, by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)


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First Line: With beauty, with pleasure surrounded, to languish
Last Line: They smile, but reply not -- sure delia can tell me!
Subject(s): Love


With Beauty, with Pleasure surrounded, to languish --
To weep, without knowing the cause of my anguish --
To start from short slumbers, and wish for the morning --
To close my dull eyes when I see it returning --
Sighs sudden and frequent, looks ever dejected,
Words that steal from my tongue, by no meaning connected --
Ah, say, fellow-swains, how these symptoms befell me?
They smile, but reply not -- sure DELIA CAN TELL ME!





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