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By the same Hand.
Phillis
the Young, the Fair, the Gay!
The Youth that fain would spoil ye;
Gives you at once the Bloom of May,
And riper Blush of July.
The Youth that fain would spoil ye;
Gives you at once the Bloom of May,
And riper Blush of July.
Whilst thus the soothing Rogue prepares
His Phillis for his Pleasures.
Learn, Fair one, hence t'escape his Snares,
And save your fairest Treasures.
His Phillis for his Pleasures.
Learn, Fair one, hence t'escape his Snares,
And save your fairest Treasures.
“The Blossoms by too hot a Taint
“Soon droop, and fall neglected;
“And Fruit that has a Maggot in't,
“However Fair's rejected.
“Soon droop, and fall neglected;
“And Fruit that has a Maggot in't,
“However Fair's rejected.
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