Comedies, Tragi-comedies, With other Poems by Mr William Cartwright ... The Ayres and Songs set by Mr Henry Lawes |
No drawing of Valentines.
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Comedies, Tragi-comedies, With other Poems | ||
No drawing of Valentines.
Cast not in Chloe's Name among
The Common undistinguish'd Throng,
I'l neither so advance
The foolish Raign of Chance,
Nor so depress the Throne
Whereon Love sits alone:
If I must serve my Passions, I'l not owe
Them to my fortune; ere I Love, I'l know.
The Common undistinguish'd Throng,
I'l neither so advance
The foolish Raign of Chance,
Nor so depress the Throne
Whereon Love sits alone:
If I must serve my Passions, I'l not owe
Them to my fortune; ere I Love, I'l know.
Tell me what God lurks in the Lap
To make that Councel, we call Hap?
What power Conveighs the name?
Who to it adds the Flame?
Can he raise mutuall fires,
And answering desires?
None can assure me that I shall approve
Her whom I draw, or draw her whom I love.
To make that Councel, we call Hap?
What power Conveighs the name?
Who to it adds the Flame?
Can he raise mutuall fires,
And answering desires?
None can assure me that I shall approve
Her whom I draw, or draw her whom I love.
No longer then this Feast abuse,
You choose and like, I like and choose;
My flame is try'd and Just,
Yours taken up on trust.
Hail thus blest Valentine,
And may my Chloe shine
To me and none but me, as I beleeve
We ought to make the whole year but thy Eve.
You choose and like, I like and choose;
My flame is try'd and Just,
Yours taken up on trust.
Hail thus blest Valentine,
And may my Chloe shine
To me and none but me, as I beleeve
We ought to make the whole year but thy Eve.
Comedies, Tragi-comedies, With other Poems | ||