Satires—Imitations—AND
Sonnets.
by
Cornwall Bayley
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Dear
Girl, whilst thus I bend the knee,
A beggar I must prove;
Nor whilst I claim the boon from thee,
Return thee love for love!
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whilst I supplicate thy heart |
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I
cannot offer mine;
The gift is not my own t’impart;
It is already thine! [Page 28]
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