The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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Change defended.
Leave
Chloris, leave, prethee no more
With want of Love, or Lightness charge Me:
'Cause thy Looks captiv'd me before,
May not anothers now enlarge me?
With want of Love, or Lightness charge Me:
'Cause thy Looks captiv'd me before,
May not anothers now enlarge me?
He, whose misguided Zeal hath long
Pay'd Homage to some Stars pale light,
Better enform'd, may without wrong
Leave that, t'adore the Queen of Night.
Pay'd Homage to some Stars pale light,
Better enform'd, may without wrong
Leave that, t'adore the Queen of Night.
Then if my Heart, which long serv'd thee,
Will to Carintha now encline;
Why term'd inconstant should it be,
For bowing 'fore a richer shrine?
Will to Carintha now encline;
Why term'd inconstant should it be,
For bowing 'fore a richer shrine?
Censure that Lover's such, whose will
Inferiour Objects can entice;
VVho changes for the better still,
Makes that a Vertue, you call Vice.
Inferiour Objects can entice;
VVho changes for the better still,
Makes that a Vertue, you call Vice.
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