William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
RoundelayJohn Dryden (1631–1700)
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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.’
‘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!
To reward your faithful swain.’
Chloe, laughing at his crying,
Told him, that he loved in vain.
‘Kiss me, dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain!’
Told him that he loved in vain;
But repenting, and complying,
When he kissed, she kissed again:
Kissed him up before his dying;
Kissed him up, and eased his pain.