The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
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Chapter 52 SONG. FAREWELL, FAIR ARMIDA.

Farewell, fair Armida, my joy and my grief,

In vain I have loved you, and hope no relief;

Undone by your virtue, too strict and severe,

Your eyes gave me love, and you gave me despair;

Now call'd by my honour, I seek with content

The fate which in pity you would not prevent:

To languish in love, were to find by delay

A death th

            
            

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