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The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams

... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits

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TO KITTY WALKER:

December 1742.

KITTY, crown'd with Loves and Graces,
Why to me this am'rous art?
Why to me these fond embraces,
While another has your heart?
Tho' a moment's inclination,
May a transient joy impart;
Can I hope for lasting passion,
While another has your heart.

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O, that I could gain it wholly,
For I scorn to take a part;
But to think of that were folly,
For another has your heart.
'Tis no longer your's to give me,
Kitty, at those words you start;
And durst you hope you could deceive me,
While another has your heart.
In my breast thy beauteous face is,
Grav'd by Cupid's powerful dart;
But from thence I'll blot those traces,
Since another has your heart.
Gods, how jealous torments move me,
Oh, what anguish, and what smart;
None on earth like me can love thee,
Tho' another has your heart.