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FVNERAL
TEARES

IOHN COPRARIO

1606

 

VI. Deceitfull fancy why deludst thou me.

Deceitfull fancy why deludst thou me.
     The dead aliue presenting ?
My ioyes faire image caru'd in shades I see,
     O false yet sweet contenting ? 
       Why art not thou a substance like to me ?
       Or I a shade to vanish hence with thee ?

2  Stay gentle obiect, my sence still deceiue,
     With this thy kind elusion :
I die throgh madnes if my thoughts you leaue;
     O strange ?  yet sweet confusion ?
       Poor blisselesse hart that feels such deepe annoy,
       Only to loose the shadowe of thy ioy.
    



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