The Last Lamentation,
OF THE
Languishing Squire:
OR,
Love Overcomes all Things.
To the Tune of Billy and Molly: Or, Jockey's Jealousie.
Licensed according to Order.
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AS I went forth to view the Spring,
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which Flora had Adorned,
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In gorgeous Rayment every thing,
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a Winters rage out-scorned;
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I cast mine Eye and did espy
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a Youth, that made great Clamour,
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And drawing nigh, I heard him cry,
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it's Omnia vincit Amor.
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Upon his Face he lay along,
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hard by a Chrystal River,
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And mournfully his doleful Song,
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with sighs he did deliver;
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Wo worth her Face, her comely Grace,
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for which no man can shun her,
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Her splendid Rays cuts off my days,
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for Omnia vincit Amor.
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Her Chrystal Eyes like Comets fair,
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bright Phoebus Beams out-shining,
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Hath caught my Heart in Cupids Snare,
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and makes me dye with pining;
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Fond foolish Nature did not well,
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so curiously to frame her,
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Her Beauty fair makes me despair,
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cry Omnia vincit Amor.
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You Chrystal Streams that sweetly glide,
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be Partners of my Mourning,
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You fragrant Fields and Meadows wide,
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condemn her for her scorning;
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Let e'ery Tree a Witness be,
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how justly I may blame her,
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You chanting Birds, note these my Words,
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it's Omnia vincit Amor.
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I sigh and languish for her sake,
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ten thousand Griefs are growing,
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My fainting Heart I find will break,
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while dying Tears are flowing;
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Here do I find her most unkind,
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therefore I needs must blame her,
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Her Beauty bright destroys me quite,
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it's Omnia vincit Amor.
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Love Conquers more than Sword or Shield
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or any Warlike Power;
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Renowned Kings are forc'd to yield,
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no strong Defenced Tower
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Can e'er withstand Love's armed Band,
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and now I here must name her,
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Fair Cynthia she hath ruin'd me,
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Omnia vincit Amor.
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Had she been kind as she is fair,
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she might have been admired,
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In every place without compare,
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who hath my Death conspired.
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This said, his breath began to fail,
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he could not speak but stammer,
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Ae sighted sore, and said no more,
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Omnia vincit Amor.
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Thus I perceived him near his Death,
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and ran in haste to save him,
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But quickly he resign'd his Breath,
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so deep a Wound Love gave him;
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Thus for his sake, this Vow I'll make,
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my Tongue shall still Defame her,
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Upon his Herse, I'll write this Verse,
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it's Omnia vincit Amor.
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