Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIKING AND LOVING, by OLIVER MARBLE


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LIKING AND LOVING, by                    
First Line: Poor sad strephon's been jilted by phyllis, the jade
Last Line: When he likes liking better, she loves loving best!
Subject(s): Love; Love - Cultural Differences


POOR sad Strephon's been jilted by Phyllis, the jade;
While Daphne for Mopsus her love has professed.
Here the woodlands resound for the plaints of the blade,
While the fields of the maiden in joy are arrayed.
Till the wight all forlorn meets the maiden so blest:
He, "I like liking better;" she, "I love loving best."

With bold Mopsus our song is no further concerned;
But sad Strephon his plight by his phrase has confessed
(Though his life is a husk since by Phyll he was spurned),
While the right of dear Daphne her sweet lips have learned:
For, note ye the speech of the sad and the blest:
When he likes liking better, she loves loving best!





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