Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me lyrics
by Sting



Wilt thou unkind thus reave me

Of my heart, of my heart,

And so leave me, and so leave me?



Wilt thou unkind thus reave me

Of my heart, of my heart,

And so leave me, and so leave me?



Farewell! Farewell!

But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,

Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,

Sweet, sweet my jewel.



Hope by disdain grows cheerless,

Fear doth love, love doth fear

Beauty peerless, beauty peerless.



Farewell! Farewell!

But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,

Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,

Sweet, sweet my jewel.



If no delayes can move thee,

Life shall die, death shall live

Still to love thee, still to love thee?



Farewell! Farewell!

But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,

Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,

Sweet, sweet my jewel.



Yet be thou mindfull ever,

Heat from fire, fire from heat

None can see sever, none can sever



Farewell! Farewell!

But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,

Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,

Sweet, sweet my jewel.



True love cannot be changed

Though delight from desert

Be estranged, be estranged.



Farewell! Farewell!

But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,

Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,

Sweet, sweet my jewel.


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