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A FRENCH SONG IMITATED by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: WHY THUS FROM THE PLAIN DOES THY SHEPHERDESS ROVE
Last Line: WHEN I LEAVE ALL THE PLAIN, YOU MAY GUESS 'TIS FOR ONE.
Subject(s): DEATH; GRIEF; LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; DEAD, THE; SORROW; SADNESS;

WHY thus from the plain does thy shepherdess rove,
Forsaking her swain, and neglecting his love!
You have heard all my grief, you see how I die,
Oh! give some relief to the swain whom you fly.

How can you complain, or what am I to say,
Since my dog lies unfed, and my sheep run astray!
Need I tell what I mean, that I languish alone,
When I leave all the plain, you may guess 'tis for one.



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