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Poesis Rediviva

or, Poesie Reviv'd. By John Collop
 
 

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To a Lady singing, mistake me not.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To a Lady singing, mistake me not.

S.
Sometimes I burn
And then to Ice return,
There's no thing so unconstant as my mind,
I change, I change, I change with every wind.

A.
Fly huswife vice,
Which canst be fire and ice;
Go learn of th' air, go practice in a stew,
Love nere proves false, proves false, that ere was true.

S.
Perhaps in jest,
I said I lov'd thee best,
But 'twas no more then what I said before,
I vow'd, I vow'd, I vow'd to twenty more.

A.
He who in jest,
Could say he lov'd thee best,
Dares jest with Heav'n, tempt lightness, play with fire.
True love, true love, can neither change nor tyre.

S.
Then prithee see,
Thou give no heart to me;
For if I cannot keep my own a day,
What hope, what hope, what hope, hath thine to stay.

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Then Prithe see,
Thou give no heart from me;
For since my own hath learn'd at last to stay.
What fear, what fear, what fear thine will away?