Poems on different occasions [by Cuthbert Shaw] |
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ODE XV.
[Think not that love thy suit disdains]
Think not that love thy suit disdains,
Tho' to thy wish be long deny'd
His pleasing ties, by which fond swains
Are with consenting nymphs ally'd.
Tho' to thy wish be long deny'd
His pleasing ties, by which fond swains
Are with consenting nymphs ally'd.
By love light hearts in chains are bound,
Wove of the wanton flowers of May;
And soon the flowery bands are found,
And soon the flowery bands decay.
Wove of the wanton flowers of May;
And soon the flowery bands are found,
And soon the flowery bands decay.
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But love to thee ordains more kind,
That stronger links with surer hold
Thee to thy gentle fair shall bind,
Links that are wrought of purest gold:
That stronger links with surer hold
Thee to thy gentle fair shall bind,
Links that are wrought of purest gold:
And long the artist love must strain
With gold oft to the furnace cast,
To forge for thee a sacred chain,
And long the golden chain shall last.
With gold oft to the furnace cast,
To forge for thee a sacred chain,
And long the golden chain shall last.
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