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Poems upon several Occasions.
LOVE.
LOVE is begot by Fancy, bred
By Ignorance, by Expectation fed;
Destroy'd by Knowledge, and at best
Lost in the Moment 'tis possest.
WOMEN.
WOmen to Cards may be compar'd: We play
A Round or two; when us'd, we throw away.
Take a fresh Pack; nor is it worth our grieving
Who cuts or shuffles with our dirty leaving.
FANCY.
LOVE is by Fancy led about
From Hope to Fear, from Joy to Doubt;
Whom we now a Goddess call,
Divinely grac'd in every Feature,
Strait's a deform'd, a perjur'd Creature:
Love and Hate are Fancy all.
’Tis
