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False Though She Be

William Congreve

False though she be to me and love,
  I’ll ne’er pursue revenge;
For still the charmer I approve,
  Though I deplore her change.

In hours of bliss we oft have met:
  They could not always last;
And though the present I regret,
  I’m grateful for the past.

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