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First Line: Faint amorist! What, dost thou think
Last Line: The dainties of his chaste desire.


FAINT Amorist! what, dost thou think
To taste Love's honey, and not drink
One dram of gall? or to devour
A world of sweet, and taste no sour?
Dost thou ever think to enter
The Elysian fields, that dar'st not venture
In Charon's barge? A lover's mind
Must use to sail with every wind.
He that loves, and fears to try,
Learns his mistress to deny.
Doth she chide thee? 'Tis to show it,
That thy coldness makes her do it.
Is she silent? Is she mute?
Silence fully grants thy suit.
Doth she pout and leave the room?
Then she goes, to bid thee come.
Is she sick? Why then, be sure
She invites thee to the cure.
Doth she cross thy suit with 'No'?
Tush! She loves to hear thee woo.
Doth she call the faith of man
In question? Nay, she loves thee then.
And if e'er she makes a blot.
She's lost if that thou hitt'st her not.
He that after ten denials
Dares attempt no further trials,
Hath no warrant to acquire
The dainties of his chaste desire.





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