The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

How does the author use foreshadowing in The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd?

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The nymph foreshadows the decay of idealized love.

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, To wayward winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy’s spring, but sorrow’s fall.

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