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See! Hymen comes; How his Torch blazes!
Looser Loves, how dim they burn;
No Pleasures equal chaste Embraces,
When we Love for Love return.
Looser Loves, how dim they burn;
No Pleasures equal chaste Embraces,
When we Love for Love return.
When Fortune makes the Match he rages,
And forsakes th' unequal Pair;
But when Love two Hearts engages,
The kind God is ever there.
And forsakes th' unequal Pair;
But when Love two Hearts engages,
The kind God is ever there.
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Regard not then high Blood, nor Riches;
You that would his Blessings have,
Let untaught Love guide all your Wishes,
Hymen shou'd be Cupid's Slave.
You that would his Blessings have,
Let untaught Love guide all your Wishes,
Hymen shou'd be Cupid's Slave.
Young Virgins, that yet bear your Passions,
Coldly as the Flint its Fire,
Offer to Hymen your Devotions,
He will warm you with Desire.
Coldly as the Flint its Fire,
Offer to Hymen your Devotions,
He will warm you with Desire.
Young Men, no more neglect your Duty,
To the God of Nuptial Vows:
Pay your long, Arrears to Beauty,
As his chaster Law allows.
To the God of Nuptial Vows:
Pay your long, Arrears to Beauty,
As his chaster Law allows.
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