| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Roundelay | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | | CHLOE found Amyntas lying, | |
| All in tears, upon the plain, | |
| Sighing to himself, and crying, | |
| ‘Wretched I, to love in vain! | |
| Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | 5 |
| Kiss me once, and ease my pain.’ | |
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| Sighing to himself, and crying, | |
| ‘Wretched I, to love in vain! | |
| Ever scorning, and denying | |
| To reward your faithful swain: | 10 |
| Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | |
| Kiss me once and ease my pain! | |
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| ‘Ever scorning, and denying | |
| To reward your faithful swain.’ | |
| Chloe, laughing at his crying, | 15 |
| Told him, that he loved in vain. | |
| ‘Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | |
| Kiss me once, and ease my pain!’ | |
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| Chloe, laughing at his crying, | |
| Told him that he loved in vain; | 20 |
| But repenting, and complying, | |
| When he kissed, she kissed again: | |
| Kissed him up before his dying; | |
| Kissed him up, and eased his pain. | | | | |
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