Poems of James Graham: Marquis of Montrose ... With introduction and notes by J. L. Weir ... and a preface by the Rt. Hon. Lord Tweedsmuir |
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VIII
SYMPATHY IN LOVE
There's nothing in this World can prove
So true and real Pleasure,
As perfect Sympathy in Love,
Which is a real Treasure.
So true and real Pleasure,
As perfect Sympathy in Love,
Which is a real Treasure.
The purest Strain of perfect Love
In Vertue's Dye and Season,
Is that whose Influence doth move,
And doth convince our Reason.
In Vertue's Dye and Season,
Is that whose Influence doth move,
And doth convince our Reason.
Designs attend, Desires give place,
Hopes had no more availeth;
The Cause remov'd the Effect doth cease,
Flames not maintain'd soon faileth.
Hopes had no more availeth;
The Cause remov'd the Effect doth cease,
Flames not maintain'd soon faileth.
The Conquest then of richest Hearts,
Well lodg'd and trim'd by Nature,
Is that which true Content imparts,
Where Worth is join'd with Feature.
Well lodg'd and trim'd by Nature,
Is that which true Content imparts,
Where Worth is join'd with Feature.
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Fill'd with sweet Hope then must I still
Love what's to be admired;
When frowning Aspects cross the Will,
Desires are more endeared.
Love what's to be admired;
When frowning Aspects cross the Will,
Desires are more endeared.
Unhappy then unhappy I,
To joy in tragick Pleasure,
And in so dear and desperate Way
T'abound yet have no Treasure.
To joy in tragick Pleasure,
And in so dear and desperate Way
T'abound yet have no Treasure.
Yet will I not of Fate despair,
Time oft in End relieveth,
But hopes my Star will change her Air,
And joy where now she grieveth.
Time oft in End relieveth,
But hopes my Star will change her Air,
And joy where now she grieveth.
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