by John Banks (1650 - 1706)
Song
Language: English
O Take him gently from the Pile, And lay him here to rest, And I will scorch for him the while; If he must burn, then burn him in my Breast, For there is Fire, there is shame Enough to set the World on flame.
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Confirmed with Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love : as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants by John Banks, printed for Richard Bentley at the Post-Office in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London 1696, Act 4, page 41. The first of two songs.
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- by John Banks (1650 - 1706), "Song", appears in Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love, Richard Bentley, Covent-Garden, London, first published 1696 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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