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�����COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA 159 �Strephon with change of Habits press' d, �And urg'd her to admire; His Love alone the Other dress'd, As Verse, or Prose became it best, �And mov'd her soft Desire. �This found, his courtship Strephon ends, �Or makes it to his Glass; There, in himself now seeks amends, Convinc'd, that where a Wit pretends, �A Beau is but an Ass. �CUPID AND FOLLY Imitated from the French �Cupid, ere depriv'd of Sight, Young and apt for all Delight, Met with Folly on the way, As Idle and as fond of Play. In gay Sports the time they pass ; Now run, now wrestle on the Grass ; Their painted Wings then nimbly ply, And ev'ry way for Mast'ry try: 'Till a Contest do's arise, �Who has won th' appointed Prize. 10 �Gentle Love refers the Case To the next, that comes in Place; Trusting to his flatt'ring Wiles, And softens the Dispute with Smiles. But Folly, who no Temper knows, Words pursues with hotter Blows: 'Till the eyes of Love were lost, Which has such Pain to Mortals cost. Venus hears his mournful Crys, And repeats 'em, in the Skys, 20 ��� �