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The Works of Mr. Robert Gould

In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems [and] Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies [by Robert Gould]
Gould, Robert

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VOLUME the FIRST. [POEMS].
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VOLUME the SECOND. [SATYRS].
  
PROLOGUE To the following SATYRS.
  
To the Right Honourable CHARLES,
  
LOVE given Over:
  
THE POETESS,
  
To Sr. Fleetwood Sheppard, &c.
  
A SATYR AGAINST WOOING:
  
THE STEP-MOTHER,
  
A Glance at Fanaticism;
  
Mother Clark's Ghost,
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THE MURMURERS, &c.
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A SATYR AGAINST MAN.
  
TO The Right Honourable CHARLES,
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THE PLAY-HOUSE
  
THE Corruption of the TIMES BY MONEY.
  
JACK PAVY,
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THE SKETCH,
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Pindarick Poems.

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SONG VII. The Answer.

I

That charming Cælia I admire,
I must with Pleasure own it true;
But had I ten times more Desire,
How could my Passion injure You?

II

Love is the sacred Tree of Life,
And up to Heaven its Branches rears;
Yet Admiration's but the Leaf,
Enjoyment is the Fruit it bears.

III

Then while you raise this vain Dispute,
Your Fondness but it self deceives:
When you your self have all the Fruit,
What need you envy her the Leaves?
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