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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

JOHN FORD

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1586-1639

235.

Dawn

FLY hence, shadows, that do keep Watchful sorrows charm’d in sleep! Tho’ the eyes be overtaken, Yet the heart doth ever waken Thoughts chain’d up in busy snares Of continual woes and cares: Love and griefs are so exprest As they rather sigh than rest. Fly hence, shadows, that do keep Watchful sorrows charm’d in sleep!

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