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LOVE and PRUDENCE.
Love summon'd Collin to his court,
For having of his rites made sport,
And stol'n his fav'rite's heart:
The culprit own'd his crime, yet swore,
That none admir'd sweet Phœbe more,
Or more had felt Love's smart.
For having of his rites made sport,
And stol'n his fav'rite's heart:
The culprit own'd his crime, yet swore,
That none admir'd sweet Phœbe more,
Or more had felt Love's smart.
On this stepp'd Hymen forth, and said,
What hinders that this couple wed,
Whose hearts are thus conjoin'd?
'Tis Prudence bars, the swain reply'd;
But Prudence strait the charge deny'd,
For she the match design'd.
What hinders that this couple wed,
Whose hearts are thus conjoin'd?
'Tis Prudence bars, the swain reply'd;
But Prudence strait the charge deny'd,
For she the match design'd.
Then finding all his arts were vain,
Thus frankly own'd the rebel swain,
Ambition 'twas and pride:
But since both Love and Prudence join,
To make the charming Phœbe mine,
O let her be my bride.
Thus frankly own'd the rebel swain,
Ambition 'twas and pride:
But since both Love and Prudence join,
To make the charming Phœbe mine,
O let her be my bride.
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