 | Poems (1872) |  |
A WARNING.
Victorious beauty! though your eyes
Are able to subdue an host,
And therefore are unlike to boast
The taking of a little prize,
Doe not a single heart despise.
Are able to subdue an host,
And therefore are unlike to boast
The taking of a little prize,
Doe not a single heart despise.
It came alone, but yet so armd
With former loue, I durst have sworne
That when a privy coate was worne
With characters of beauty charmd,
Thereby it might have 'scapd unharmed.
With former loue, I durst have sworne
That when a privy coate was worne
With characters of beauty charmd,
Thereby it might have 'scapd unharmed.
But neither steele nor stony breast
Are proofe against those looks of thyne;
Nor can a beauty lesse divine
Of any heart be long possesst
When thou pretend'st an interest.
Are proofe against those looks of thyne;
Nor can a beauty lesse divine
Of any heart be long possesst
When thou pretend'st an interest.
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Thy conquest in regard of me,
Alas, is small; but in respect
Of her that did my love protect,
Were it divulged, deserves to bee
Recorded for a victory.
Alas, is small; but in respect
Of her that did my love protect,
Were it divulged, deserves to bee
Recorded for a victory.
And such a one—as some that view
Her lovely face perhapps may say,
Though you have stolen my heart away—
If all your seruants prove not true,
May steal a heart or two from you.
Her lovely face perhapps may say,
Though you have stolen my heart away—
If all your seruants prove not true,
May steal a heart or two from you.
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