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VIRELAY by CHARLES COTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU CRUEL FAIR, I GO
Last Line: FOR EVER, THOUGH, FAREWELL.
Subject(s): DESIRE; LOVE;
THOU cruel Fair, I go
To seek out any Fate but thee,
Since there is none can wound me so,
Nor that has half thy cruelty;
Thou cruel Fair, I go.

For ever, then, farewell,
'Tis a long leave I take, but oh!
To tarry with thee here is Hell,
And twenty thousand Hells to go,
For ever, though, farewell.



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