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LETTER IX. Damon to Phillis:
On Hitting her, as he was Playing at Bowls.
I
That you, dear Nymph, have Charms unknown,Both I, and all the World must own;
And that they are attractive too:
But little did I think my Bowl
Would sympathetically rowl,
Where the fond Bowler us'd to do.
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II
Had mine but been a Bowl of Gold,As was the famous One of Old
Contended for by Matchless Three;
My Wonder I had strait laid by,
And own'd I knew the Reason why
It came so readily to thee.
III
Phillis, forbear to stand so nigh;For if it only is the Eye
That to the Mark directs the Aim;
If your soft Charms attract my View,
Thither my Bowl will biass too,
And I shall surely lose my Game.
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