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THE INCURABLE; A SONG by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: ONE, AMONGST FLOWERS, GREEN LEAVES, AND THE COOL GRASS
Last Line: FLOWERS, LEAVES, GRASS, CAVE, GROVE, WARS, THE AIR, NOR SPRING.
Subject(s): GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

ONE, amongst flowers, green leaves, and the cool grass
Takes his delight, and pleasant hours does pass,
This in a cave can rest, or quiet grove,
And that in wars forgets the thoughts of Love:
Some vent their sighs to th' air, and ease do find,
A spring may quench the fever of the mind.
But to my grief no remedy can bring,
Flowers, Leaves, Grass, Cave, Grove, Wars, the Air, nor Spring.



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