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John Dryden (1631–1700). The Poems of John Dryden. 1913.

Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces

Rondelay

1
CHLOE found Amyntas lying,

All in Tears, upon the Plain,

Sighing to himself, and crying,

Wretched I, to love in vain!

Kiss me, Dear, before my dying;

Kiss me once, and ease my pain.

2
Sighing to himself, and crying,

Wretched I, to love in vain!

Ever scorning, and denying

To reward your faithful Swain

Kiss me, Dear, before my dying;

Kiss me once, and ease my pain!

3
Ever scorning, and denying

To reward your faithful Swain.

Chloe, laughing at his crying,

Told him, that he lov’d in vain:

Kiss me, dear, before my dying;

Kiss me once, and ease my pain!

4
Chloe, laughing at his crying,

Told him that he lov’d in vain;

But repenting, and complying,

When he kiss’d, she kiss’d again:

Kiss’d him up, before his dying;

Kiss’d him up, and eas’d his pain.