Think Of It Not Sweet One

Read 'Think Of It Not Sweet One' by 'John Keats' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Think Of It Not Sweet One by John Keats

 Think not of it, sweet one, so;---
 Give it not a tear;
Sigh thou mayst, and bid it go
 Any---anywhere.

Do not lool so sad, sweet one,---
 Sad and fadingly;
Shed one drop then,---it is gone---
 O 'twas born to die!

Still so pale? then, dearest, weep;
 Weep, I'll count the tears,
And each one shall be a bliss
 For thee in after years.

Brighter has it left thine eyes
 Than a sunny rill;
And thy whispering melodies
 Are tenderer still.

Yet---as all things mourn awhile
 At fleeting blisses,
E'en let us too! but be our dirge
 A dirge of kisses.

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