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When most they promise, soonest change,
And still for conquest sigh:
So 'twas with Kate; she, ever roving
Was never fix'd, though always loving!
Stephen was Lubin's rival; he
A rustic libertine was known;
And many a blushing simple She,
The rogue had left,—to sigh alone!
Kate cared but little for the rover,
Yet she resolv'd to have her way,
For Stephen was the village Lover,
And women pant for Sov'reign sway.
And he, who has been known to ruin —
Is always sought, and always wooing.
Stephen had long in secret sigh'd;
And Stephen never was deny'd:
