| John Dryden (1631–1700). The Poems of John Dryden. 1913. | | | | Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces | | The Tears of Amynta for the Death of Damon |
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1 ON 1 a Bank, beside a Willow, | |
| Heav’n her Cov’ring, Earth her Pillow, | |
| Sad Amynta sigh’d alone; | |
| From the chearless dawn of Morning | |
| Till the Dews of Night returning, | 5 |
| Singing thus she made her mone: | |
| Hope is banish’d, | |
| Joys are vanish’d, | |
| Damon, my belov’d, is gone! | |
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2 Time, I dare thee to discover | 10 |
| Such a Youth, and such a Lover; | |
| Oh, so true, so kind was he! | |
| Damon was the pride of Nature, | |
| Charming in his every Feature; | |
| Damon liv’d alone for me: | 15 |
| Melting Kisses, | |
| Murmuring Blisses; | |
| Who so liv’d and lov’d as we! | |
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3 Never shall we curse the Morning, | |
| Never bless the Night returning, | 20 |
| Sweet Embraces to restore: | |
| Never shall we both ly dying, | |
| Nature failing, love supplying | |
| All the Joys he drain’d before. | |
| Death come end me | 25 |
| To befriend me; | |
| Love and Damon are no more. | |
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