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The MARK. ANACREONTICK.
The Gen'rous Courser bears with PrideHis Master's Mark upon his Side;
The Letters there inscrib'd by Flame
Illustrate, with the Brand, his Name.
We the Warlike Parthians know
By their Quiver, and their Bow;
The Silken Persians confess
Their wanton Nation by their Dress;
And Lovers thus themselves declare
By the imprinted Wounds they wear.
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Be sure the wretched Youth's a Lover:
His Fair One's Name by Cupid's Dart
Is burnt into his bleeding Heart;
You there behold the Shaft struck deep,
And hear Him groan, and see Him weep.
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