The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/20

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The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne
by George Granville
3186822The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord LansdowneGeorge Granville

WRITTEN UNDER THE
LADY MARY VILLIERS’ NAME.

If l not love you, Villiers, more
Than ever mortal lov’d before;
With ſuch a paſſion, fix’d and ſure,3
As ev’n poſſeſſion could not cure,
Never to ceaſe but with my breath,
May then this bumper be my death.6