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SONGS.

SONG III.

Sylvia.	Leave me, simple shepherd, leave me; Drag no more a hopeless chain: I cannot like, nor would deceive thee; Love the maid that loves again.
Corin.	Though more gentle nymphs surround me, Kindly pitying what I feel; Only you have power to wound me: Sylvia, only you can heal.
Sylvia.	Corin, cease this idle teasing; Love that's forced is harsh and sour: If the lover be displeasing, To persist disgusts the more.