 | The poems of John Wilmot: Earl of Rochester |  |
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[As Chloris full of harmless thought]
As Chloris full of harmless thought
Beneath the Willows lay,
Kind Love a comely Shepherd brought
To pass the time away:
She blusht to be encounter'd so
And chid the amorous Swain;
But as she strove to rise and go
He pull'd her down again.
Beneath the Willows lay,
Kind Love a comely Shepherd brought
To pass the time away:
She blusht to be encounter'd so
And chid the amorous Swain;
But as she strove to rise and go
He pull'd her down again.
A sudden passion seiz'd her heart
In spight of her disdain,
She found a pulse in e'ry part
And love in e'ry Vein:
Ah Youth quoth she, what charms are these
That conquer and surprise;
Ah let me! for unless you please
I have no power to rise.
In spight of her disdain,
She found a pulse in e'ry part
And love in e'ry Vein:
Ah Youth quoth she, what charms are these
That conquer and surprise;
Ah let me! for unless you please
I have no power to rise.
She faintly spoke and trembling lay
For fear he should comply,
But Virgins Eyes their hearts betray,
And give their Tongues the lie:
Thus she who Princes had deny'd
With all their pompous Train,
Was in the lucky minute try'd
And yielded to a Swain.
For fear he should comply,
But Virgins Eyes their hearts betray,
And give their Tongues the lie:
Thus she who Princes had deny'd
With all their pompous Train,
Was in the lucky minute try'd
And yielded to a Swain.
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