The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/86

by George Granville

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I ’ll tell her the next time, ſaid I:
In vain! in vain! for when I try,
Upon my tim’rous tongue the trembling accents die.3
Alas! a thouſand thouſand fears
Still overawe when ſhe appears;
My breath is ſpent in ſighs, my eyes are drown’d in tears.6