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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

 

THE

COMPLAINT.

CÆLIA to DAMON.

 

I who was once the Glory of the Plain,
The fairest Virgin of the Virgin Train,
Am now (by thee O! faithless Man betray'd!)
A fal'n, a lost, a miserable Maid.
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Ye Winds, that witness to my deep Despair,
Receive my Sighs, and waft them thro' the Air,
And gently breathe them to my Damon's Ear!

Curst,