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VAIN TEARS, FR. THE QUEEN OF CORINTH by JOHN FLETCHER

First Line: WEEP NO MORE, NOR SIGH, NOR GROAN
Last Line: GENTLEST FAIR, MOURN, MOURN NO MOE.
Subject(s): GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

WEEP no more, nor sigh, nor groan,
Sorrow calls no time that 's gone:
Violets pluck'd, the sweetest rain
Makes not fresh nor grow again.
Trim thy locks, look cheerfully;
Fate's hid ends eyes cannot see.
Joys as winged dreams fly fast,
Why should sadness longer last?
Grief is but a wound to woe;
Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no moe.



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