A Strange Apparition:
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The second Meeting of two self-murthering Lovers.
Phillis and Phillander.
Mistaken Phillis kill'd her self,
thinking Philander Slain;
Philander quickly followed her,
and now they'r met again.
To the Tune of, Oh Cruel bloody Fate.
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SItting beneath the Shade,
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of the Mirtle blooming Tree,
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My self to Recreate,
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a Noise surprized me:
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Such pleasant Musick I did hear,
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the world were strangers too,
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with Notes so sweet,
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I ne'r could meet,
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no mortal ever knew.
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I harkened to his Charms,
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and gave attentive ear,
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I then could fear no harm,
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each minute cost a tear
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From my poor eyes, & then such groans
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as eccho'd through the Air,
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with sighs so sad,
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said she I'm glad,
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for worse then with Dispair.
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Ah my Philander dear
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I never more shall see,
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What, have I left thee here:
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who fled from hence for thee?
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& through the shades I went to search
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for thee my hearts Delight,
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but now I fear,
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I left thee here,
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I'm come for th'other sight.
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The world i'le compass quite,
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Philander for to find,
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Since I have took this flight,
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to ease my troubled mind:
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I'le search each comer of the World,
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and wander through the Air,
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since it is so,
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he's not below,
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i'le seek to find him there.
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My Spirit cannot rest,
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til him again I find,
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He thinks I dye in jest,
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else would not be unkind:
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But had he seen my desperate wound,
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made with a willing stroak,
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he'd then confess
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in bitterness,
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dispair did it provoke.
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Like a true lover then,
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he would have followed me,
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And overtook agen,
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my Spirit that did flee:
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But since he is not yet come there,
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where I did him expect,
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I cannot stay,
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but must away
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you powers my course derect.
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Just as she fled away,
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this sound I then did hear,
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My lovely philis stay,
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philander's drawing near:
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The Musick then began agen,
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so pleasant to my ear,
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I stood amaz'd,
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about me gaz'd,
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and saw their meeting there.
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And in each Lovers brest,
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I did perceive a Wound,
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My Soul was then opprest,
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and I was like to swound:
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She opens then her bloody arms,
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and him she caught between,
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I chid mine eyes,
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for telling Lyes,
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and thought it was a dream.
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Philander art thou come?
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did Phillis Spirit say,
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Now to Elizium,
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with joy let[']s haste away,
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Ah Philis, 'twas thy great mistake,
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caus'd thee to pierce thy brest,
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which when I found,
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mine I did wound,
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with sorrow then opprest.
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But since we're met again,
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we never more shall part,
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To grieve now is in vain,
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we're now beyond all smart:
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In folded arms they fled away,
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with such a Harmony,
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no mortal ere,
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did ever hear,
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but I that was thereby.
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They posted to the shade,
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which Lovers entertain,
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These joys are great, they said,
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that we should meet again:
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Were we to live on earth again,
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such joys we could not find,
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as the sweet shade,
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For Lovers made,
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who never prov'd unkind.
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