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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 II. The Mistress.

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'Tis not Beauty makes me love thee,
Tho' like Venus soft and Fair;
Nor for Wealth do I approve thee,
Yet who wou'd not be thy Heir?
Neither for thy Wit adore thee,
Where we so much Smartness find;
Or for Vertue fall before thee,
Tho' the best of Woman kind.

II

What (you'll say then) is th'Occasion
I such lasting Love pretend?
What can else beget a Passion
That must never know an End?
Fair, I'll tell thee—'tis thy Nature
That thus captivates my Mind;
Pitying the Imploring Creature,
You are proud of being kind.

III

Others tediously will tarry,
Loth to grant the Am'rous Boon,
Or expect a Man shou'd marry,
Tho h' had better turn Dragoon.
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But while thus they deal precisely,
Making Love and endless Task,
You, my Angel, let us wisely
Have the Blessing when we ask.
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