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Where hands are by stern Parents tied,
Who oft, in Cupid's scorn.
Do for the widowed state provide,
Before that Love is born:
Where some too soon themselves misplace,
And in another find
The only temper, wit, or face,
That could affect their mind. 20
Others (but O avert that fate!)
A well-chosen Object change:
Fly, Silvia, fly, ere 'tis too late;
Fallen nature's prone to range.
And though in heat of Love we swear
More than perform we can;
No Goddess you, but Woman are,
And I no more than Man.
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