Book 2 — LOVE'S BURIAL-PLACE[475:1]
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LOVE'S BURIAL-PLACE[475:1]
Lady. If Love be dead— Poet. And I aver it! Lady. Tell me, Bard! where Love lies buried? Poet. Love lies buried where 'twas born: Oh, gentle dame! think it no scorn 5 If, in my fancy, I presume To call thy bosom poor Love's Tomb. [476]And on that tomb to read the line:— 'Here lies a Love that once seem'd mine, But caught a chill, as I divine, 10 And died at length of a Decline.'
1828.
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Title] The Alienated Mistress: A Madrigal (From an unfinished Melodrama) 1828, 1852.
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Lady. If Love be dead (and you aver it!) Tell me Bard! where Love lies buried.
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Ah faithless nymph 1828, 1852.
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call] name 1828, 1852.
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caught] took 1828, 1852.