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Awake, my pipe; in every note express
Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's distress. 92

"Such Stella was; yet Stella might not live!
"And what could Colinet in ransom give?
"Oh! if or musick's voice, or beauty's charm,
"Could milden death, and say his lifted arm, 96
"My pipe her face, her face my pipe might save,
Redeeming each the other from the grave.

Awake, my pipe; in every note express
Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's distress. 100

"Ah, fruitless wish! fell death's uplifted arm
"Nor beauty can arrest, nor musick charm.
"Behold! O baleful sight! see where she lies!
"The budding flower, unkindly blasted, dies: 104
"Nor, though I live the longest day to mourn,
"Will she again to life and me return.

Awake, my pipe; in every note express
Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's distress. 108

Unhappy