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RONDEAU (1) by CHARLES COTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FORBEAR (FAIR PHYLLIS) OH FORBEAR
Last Line: THOUGH MERCY IN YOUR SEX IS RARE, FORBEAR.
Subject(s): LOVE;

FORBEAR (fair Phyllis) Oh forbear
Those deadly killing frowns, and spare
A heart so loving and so true,
By none to be subdu'd, but you,
Who my poor life's sole Princess are.
You only can create my care;
But offend you I all things dare;
Then lest your cruelty you rue Forbear;
And lest you kill that heart, beware,
To which there is some pity due,
If but because I humbly sue.
Your anger therefore, sweetest Fair,
Though mercy in your sex is rare, Forbear.



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