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Several Occasions.
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The Coy.
An ODE.
I.
Love is a noble rich Repast,
But seldom should the Lover taste;
When the kind Fair no more restrains,
The Glutton surfeits, and disdains.
Love is a noble rich Repast,
But seldom should the Lover taste;
When the kind Fair no more restrains,
The Glutton surfeits, and disdains.
II.
To move the Nymph he Tears bestows,
He vainly sighs, he falsely vows;
The Tears deceive, the Vows betray,
He conquers, and contemns the Prey.
To move the Nymph he Tears bestows,
He vainly sighs, he falsely vows;
The Tears deceive, the Vows betray,
He conquers, and contemns the Prey.
III.
