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Unruly passions now the youth assail,
And fears and hopes successively prevail:
Sooth'd with her charms, he strives his fears to blame,
Then blushing, checks the too ambitious flame;
But wiser love with noble pride disdains
The bashful modesty of simple swains;
And in soft whispers said, his laws were such,
None fears too little, and none hopes too much.
Rais'd with these thoughts, he did his steps advance,
To try the magic of a side-long glance;
With all the artful blandishments, that move
The soul, to listen to the Lure of love.
She took the hint; (what lovers now can find
That nat'ral tendency in woman-kind?)
First seem'd to frown, but easily grew mild,
And, conscious of her own perfections, smil'd,
Then turns her head with graceful scorn away,
But quick returning, doth her self betray;