Love
Song: Strephonetta, Why D'ye Fly Me
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Love
STREPHONETTA, why d' ye fly me,
With such rigour in your eyes ?
Oh ! 'tis cruel to deny me,
Since your charms I so much prize.
But I plainly see the reason.
Why in vain I you pursu'd;
Her to gain 'twas out of season,
Who before the chaplain woo'd.
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Prior, Matthew. “Song: Strephonetta, Why D'ye Fly Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/198/.
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Prior, Matthew. “Song: Strephonetta, Why D'ye Fly Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/198/.
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