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HIS HEART, REJECTED BY LAURA, WILL PERISH, UNLESS SHE RELENT.
A thousand times, sweet warrior, have I tried, / Proffering my heart to thee, some peace to gain / From those bright eyes, but still, alas! in vain, / To such low level stoops not thy chaste pride.