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John Wilmot - A Song (Absent from thee)Explore:'Absent from thee I languish still,Then as me not, when I return?The straying Fool 'twill plainly kill,To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn' x3

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•Lexical set of death and suffering 'languish' 'kill' •'straying' expresses sentimental attachment to addresse •although the weight of his conflicting sadness is undermined by the poet being a Cavalier, typically reckless and self-centred. On the other hand, he has written apparently sincere poems.

Front	John Wilmot - A Song (Absent from thee) Explore: 'Absent from thee I languish still, Then as me not, when I return? The straying Fool 'twill plainly kill, To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn' x3
Back	•Lexical set of death and suffering 'languish' 'kill' •'straying' expresses sentimental attachment to addresse •although the weight of his conflicting sadness is undermined by the poet being a Cavalier, typically reckless and self-centred. On the other hand, he has written apparently sincere poems.

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