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The Works of Mr. Robert Gould

In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems [and] Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies [by Robert Gould]
Gould, Robert

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VOLUME the FIRST. [POEMS].
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VOLUME the SECOND. [SATYRS].
  
PROLOGUE To the following SATYRS.
  
To the Right Honourable CHARLES,
  
LOVE given Over:
  
THE POETESS,
  
To Sr. Fleetwood Sheppard, &c.
  
A SATYR AGAINST WOOING:
  
THE STEP-MOTHER,
  
A Glance at Fanaticism;
  
Mother Clark's Ghost,
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THE MURMURERS, &c.
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A SATYR AGAINST MAN.
  
TO The Right Honourable CHARLES,
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THE PLAY-HOUSE
  
THE Corruption of the TIMES BY MONEY.
  
JACK PAVY,
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THE SKETCH,
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Pindarick Poems.

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SONG XXX. Women's Vows.

I

If Vows cou'd keep a Heart secure,
Or Oaths cou'd make those Vows endure,
My Happiness had still been sure;
Clasp'd in her Arms I now had lain,
And never known a Moments Pain.

II

But what are Vows that Women make?
Or Oaths they, to confirm 'em, take,
If they are only made to break?
If they were never yet believ'd,
But they that trusted were deceiv'd?

III

She Swore the num'rous Lamps above
Shou'd all their Glory lose and move
No more, if e'er she chang'd her Love:
Stand still ye Stars and cease to shine,
The perjur'd Maid's no longer mine!
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