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William Cowper - On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart)William Cowper - On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart)
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Bid adieu, my sad heart, bid adieu to thy peace! Thy pleasure is past, and thy sorrows increase; See the shadows of evening how far they extend, And a long night is coming, that never may end; For the sun is now set that enlivened the scene, And an age must be past ere it rises again. Already deprived of its splendour and heat, I feel thee more slowly, more heavily beat; Perhaps overstrained with the quick pulse of pleasure, Thou art glad of this respite to beat at thy leisure; But the sigh of distress shall now weary thee more Than the flutter and tumult of passion before. The heart of a lover is never at rest, With joy overwhelmed, or with sorrow oppressed: When Delia is near, all is ecstasy then, And I even forget I must lose her again: When absent, as wretched as happy before, Despairing I cry, I shall see her no more!
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