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FRANK LEIGH'S SONG. A.D. 1586.
AH tyrant Love, Megæra's serpents bearing, Why thus requite my sighs with venom'd smart Ah ruthless dove, the vulture's talons wearing,  Why flesh them, traitress, in this faithful heart? Is this my meed? Must dragon's teeth alone In Venus' lawns by lovers' hands be sown?
Nay, gentlest Cupid; 'twas my pride undid me;  Nay, guiltless dove; by mine own wound I fell. To worship, not to wed, Celestials bid me:  I dreamt to mate in heaven, and wake in hell; For ever doom'd, Ixion-like, to reel On mine own passions' ever-burning wheel.
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