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1. Fair Susan slumbered in shady bower, / Safe hid, she thought, from every eye; / Nor dreamed she in that tranquil hour / Her own true love was passing by.
2. He gazed in rapture upon her beauty, / Sleep did her charms but more reveal; / He deemed it sure a lover's duty / From those sweet lips a kiss to steal.
3. In shame and anger poor Susan started, / With eyes aflame she bade him go; / "Return no more! -- for ever parted; / Cruel and base to use me so!"
4. "By too much love I have offended, / Forgive me if I cause you pain; / But if indeed our love be ended, / Pray give me back my kiss again. "