SONG XXXIV.
[When first, I drove a Trade of Love]
1
When first, I drove a Trade of Love,
(Learnt, before half my time, was out)
I thought, if, once I could remove
The sad Engagements thereabout,
The Hopes, Despaires and Jealousies,
(By some, nick-nam'd Love's Tyrannies)
I soon, might ease, my miseries.
2
Then strictly I besieg'd a Face,
(which I had summond long go)
And had design, to storme the place,
Or to surprize, the Female foe:
Prepar'd, Granado'd Oaths to do't,
Hayl shot, of Vowes and Prayers (to boot)
But, see how soon, the Fool came to't!
3
Without a parley to Compound,
Herself, and all, she did up yeild,
I raz'd the fortress, to the Ground,
And became, master of the Field:
Fell to the spoil: purchas'd the Best
Of all the Jewels there possest,
Restoring some, reserv'd the Rest.
4
When I had done, what I could do,
And once, Love's fiery Tryall o're,
I Tam'd my self, ith' conquest too,
Repented, what was done before:
Thus thought I, when I this did see.
If in Love's Triumphs, no more pleasure be,
I'le still Beseige take in, who's well, for me.
