Amatory Lines

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Amatory Lines

With beauty, with pleasure surrounded, to languish⁠—

To weep without knowing the cause of my anguish;

To start from short slumbers, and wish for the morning⁠—

To close my dull eyes when I see it returning;

Sighs sudden and frequent, looks ever dejected⁠—

Words that steal from my tongue, by no meaning connected!

Ah! say, fellow-swains, how these symptoms befell me?

They smile, but reply not⁠—Sure Delia will tell me!