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A SONG by THOMAS D'URFEY

First Line: BOAST NO MORE FOND LOVE, THY POWER
Last Line: AH, HARD FATE, THAT I MUST LOOSE HER.

Boast no more fond Love, thy Power,
Mingling Passions sweet and sower;
Bow to @3Caelia@1, show thy Duty,
@3Caelia@1 sways the World of Beauty:
@3Venus@1 now must kneel before her,
And admiring Crowds adore her.

Like the Sun that gilds the Morning,
@3Caelia@1 shines, but more adorning;
She like Fate, can wound a Lover,
Goddess like too, can recover:
She can Kill, or save from dying,
The Transported Soul is flying.

Sweeter than the blooming Rose is,
Whiter than the falling Snow is;
Then such Eyes the Great Creator
Chose as Lamps to kindle Nature;
Curst is he that can refuse her,
Ah, hard Fate, that I must loose her.



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