Je ne veux plus vous voir,
Bien que je craigne vostre absence
Vos yeux usent trop mal d'un absolu pouvoir :
Il faut soupirer l'innocence,
Et vostre cœur, Philis, est d'accord avec eux
Pour faire un amant malheureux.

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• by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696), "Je ne veux plus vous voir".
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