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Poem by Robert Burns


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WHY, why tell thy lover,
  Bliss he never must enjoy?
Why, why undeceive him,
  And give all his hopes the lie?

O why, while fancy raptured slumbers,
  Chloris, Chloris all the theme!
Why, why wouldst thou, cruel,
  Wake thy lover from his dream?



Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Mark Yonder Pomp
  2. My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing
  3. O That I Had Ne’er Been Married
  4. Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame
  5. Out Over The Forth


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