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I.

WHY we love, and why we hate,
 Is not granted us to know;
Random chance, or wilful fate,
 Guides the shaft from Cupid's bow.

II.
If on me Zelinda frown,
 Madness 'tis in me to grieve:
Since her will is not her own,
 Why should I uneasy live?

III.
If I for Zelinda dy,
 Deaf to poor Mizella's cries,
Ask not me the reason why:
 Seek the riddle in the skies.

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