Matthew Prior. Dialogues of the Dead and Other Works in Prose and Verse. The Text Edited by A. R. Waller |
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[Love has often threaten'd War]
I
Love has often threaten'd WarBeauty led up all the Fair
Yet stil my heart repell'd the Harms
Their cruelty intended
But when my Cælia took up Arms
Unable to resist her Charms
The Fort no longer I defended.
II
Strength and Wisdom useless prove,Once to see her is to Love;
Others in Time a heart may gain
By Treaty or Perswasion,
Their Conquests They by Siege obtain;
You o'er my heart were born to reign
And bravely took it by Invasion.
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