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ADVICE TO A LOVER, by                    
First Line: For many unsuccessful years
Last Line: What she for years denied.
Subject(s): Modesty


For many unsuccessful years
At Cynthia's feet I lay;
Battering them often with my tears,
I sighed, but durst not pray.
No prostrate wretch before the shrine
Of some saint above,
E'er thought his goddess more divine,
Or paid more awful love.
Still the disdainful nymph look'd down
With an insulting pride;
Receiv'd my passion with a frown,
Or toss'd her head aside.
Then Cupid whisper'd in my ear,
"Use more prevailing charms,
You modest, fond, whining fool, draw near,
And clasp her in your arms.
"With eager kisses tempt the maid,
From Cynthia's feet depart;
The lips he briskly must invade
Who would possess the heart."
With that I shook off the slave,
My better fortunes tried;
And Cynthia in a moment gave
What she for years denied.





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