Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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Phyllis, would you have me love you?Truce with that affected Scorn:
Artless if I fail to move you,
I shall never learn to mourn.
II
Fops may ogle, sigh, and languish,Swear you Life or Death can give;
Tho' your rigour cause me Anguish,
Yet, believe me, I shall live.
III
You are but your self disarming,While you give your lover Pain;
Beauty ceases to be charming,
Once 'tis tainted with Disdain.
IV
Use me kindly, fairest creature,You shall ever find me true;
Yet so stubborn is my nature,
Slighted, I can bid adieu.
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