The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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[Your tender Girls, when first their Hands]
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Your tender Girls, when first their Hands,Are joyn'd in Hymen's magick Bands.
Fondly believe they shall maintain
A long, uninterrupted Reign:
But to their Cost, too soon they prove,
That Marriage is the bane of Love.
The Phantom, Duty, damps its Fire.
And clips the Wings of fierce Desire.
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But Lovers in a diff'rent StrainExpress, as well as ease their Pain:
Ever smiling, ever fair,
To please us is their only Care,
And as their Flame finds no decay,
They only covet we should pay
In the same Coin, and that you know,
Is always in our pow'r to do.
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