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The WARNING.
Lovers, who waste your Thoughts and Youth
In Passion's fond Extremes;
Who dream of Womens Love and Truth,
And doat upon your Dreams:
In Passion's fond Extremes;
Who dream of Womens Love and Truth,
And doat upon your Dreams:
I should not here your Fancy take
From such a pleasing State,
Were you not sure at last to wake,
And find your Fault too late.
From such a pleasing State,
Were you not sure at last to wake,
And find your Fault too late.
Then learn betimes, the Love which crowns
Our Cares, is all but Wiles;
Compos'd of false fantastick Frowns,
And soft dissembling Smiles.
Our Cares, is all but Wiles;
Compos'd of false fantastick Frowns,
And soft dissembling Smiles.
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With Anger, which sometimes they feign,
They cruel Tyrants prove;
And then turn Flatterers again,
With as affected Love.
They cruel Tyrants prove;
And then turn Flatterers again,
With as affected Love.
As if some Injury were meant
To those they kindly us'd,
Those Lovers are the most content,
That have been still refus'd.
To those they kindly us'd,
Those Lovers are the most content,
That have been still refus'd.
Since each has in his Bosom nurst
A false and fawning Foe;
'Tis just and wise, by striking first,
To 'scape the fatal Blow.
A false and fawning Foe;
'Tis just and wise, by striking first,
To 'scape the fatal Blow.
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