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Lament III

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So, thou hast scorned me, my delight and heir;     Thy father's halls, then, were not broad and fair     Enough for thee to dwell here longer, sweet.     True, there was nothing, nothing in them meet     For thy swift-budding reason, that foretold     Virtues the future years would yet unfold.     Thy words, thy archness, every turn and bow -     How sick at heart without them am I now!     Nay, little comfort, never more shall I     Behold thee and thy darling drollery.     What may I do but only follow on     Along the path where earlier thou hast gone.     And at its end do thou, with all thy charms,     Cast round thy father's neck thy tender arms.

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