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The first and worst of these the FLESH,
Then woman's VANITY
That still is caught within the mesh
Of guileful FLATTERY.
These traitors ope the gate at length;
And in, with sword in hand,
Came raging LOVE; and all her strength
No longer can withstand.
PRUDENCE and CHASTITY both too
Submit unto the foe:
And female COURAGE nought can do,
But down her walls must go.
She needs must yield her castle strong,
And LOVE triumphs once more:
'Tis only what the boy hath done
A thousand times before.
None may resist his mighty power;
And though a boy, and blind,
He knows to chose a happy hour
When maidens must be kind.
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