Poems on Several Occasions Written in imitation of the manner of Anacreon, with Other Poems, Letters and Translations [by John Oldmixon] |
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THE Respectful Lover. |
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THE Respectful Lover.
My Mistress is I own aboveThe humble proffer of my Love;
In Justice yet she must confess,
That nothing can disturb her less;
It never durst offend her Ear,
With what she is averse to hear:
But yielding to a just Despair,
'Tis modest still, as she is Fair;
It wishes much, and none that see
Such Beauty are from Wishes free;
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Nor yet discover'd its desires;
It dares not, or it knows not how,
To tell her what she ought to know;
How long I have endur'd the Pain,
To Love, and wish, and not obtain;
To find my Passion is unknown,
Or, what she sees she will not own,
Or what she coldly may regard,
She thinks unworthy a Reward.
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