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[Cupid thou art a wanton Boy]

Cupid thou art a wanton Boy

Cupid thou art a wanton Boy, and heretofore mad'st Love a Toy, But in thy Raigne a Tyrant art, to Wound a Sheaperdesses heart: To make her Sigh, Swoune, Weepe, and Pale, Thus Sick yet modest will not

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Vaile; But cryes out Hymen 'tis your cure, For the blind Boy I'le ne're endure.

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