Poems on Several Occasions by Samuel Wesley. The Second Edition, with Additions |
A defence of Slander answer'd. |
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A defence of Slander answer'd.
I
What tho' Lyes I granted trueMeerly for the surer proving;
Love might still remain your due,
Justly lov'd, as truly loving?
II
All my Warmth I freely ownSprings from Choice and not from Blindness;
Still I think my Love alone
Full foundation for my Kindness.
III
Worth there must to me appear,Else my passion were but dreaming,
Never yet did Man, my Dear,
Truly love without esteeming.
IV
Love that Youth or Beauty gaveLasts us but a Summer season,
Then alone 'twill Winter brave
When 'tis founded in our Reason.
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