The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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II. To Cloe,
with an Ovid's Art of Love
Cloe
, as sweet as vernal Flow'rs,
Lov'd Partner of my softer Hours,
As Venus fair, as Turtles kind,
Airy, and wanton as the Wind;
That you may still more charming prove,
Behold soft Ovid's Art of Love!
Lov'd Partner of my softer Hours,
As Venus fair, as Turtles kind,
Airy, and wanton as the Wind;
That you may still more charming prove,
Behold soft Ovid's Art of Love!
But who, that to the Combat goes,
Against himself e'er arm'd his Foes?
Against himself e'er arm'd his Foes?
If you are true, as you profess,
This ne'er can make you; love me less;
If, false, you wou'd in Art excell,
'T will teach you to deceive me well.
This ne'er can make you; love me less;
If, false, you wou'd in Art excell,
'T will teach you to deceive me well.
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