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TO MISS AURELIA C---R; ON HER WEEPING AT HER SISTER'S WEDDING by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759)

Poet Analysis

First Line: CEASE, FAIR AURELIA, CEASE TO MOURN
Last Line: "YOU'LL FIND YOUR SISTER IN HIS ARMS."
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; SISTERS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

Cease, fair Aurelia, cease to mourn.
Lament not Hannah's happy state;
You may be happy in your turn,
And seize the treasure you regret.

With love united Hymen stands,
And softly whispers to your charms,
"Meet but your lover in my bands,
You'll find your sister in his arms."



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