Love
Fragment,—Why, Why Tell The Lover
From Poems and Songs, 1795
Love
Why, why tell thy lover
Bliss he never must enjoy?
Why, why undeceive him,
And give all his hopes the lie?
O why, while fancy, raptur’d slumbers,
Chloris, Chloris all the theme,
Why, why would’st thou, cruel—
Wake thy lover from his dream?
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Burns, Robert. “Fragment,—Why, Why Tell The Lover.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/526/.
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Burns, Robert. “Fragment,—Why, Why Tell The Lover.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/526/.
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