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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

534 . Song—Fragment—Why tell the lover

WHY, why tell thy lover

Bliss he never must enjoy”?

Why, why undeceive him,

And give all his hopes the lie?

O why, while fancy, raptur’d slumbers,

“Chloris, Chloris” all the theme,

Why, why would’st thou, cruel—

Wake thy lover from his dream?