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Song—Fragment—Why tell the lover

by Robert Burns, 1795

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, raptur'd slumbers,
  "Chloris, Chloris" all the theme,
Why, why would'st thou, cruel—
  Wake thy lover from his dream?

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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