IO® The Hiflory of Qgeen ESTBR~ , 1 it~w are tby Bloa"oru~ blafteaall t0 duft, ·By fudden Lightning of tirmimed Lufi: ! . How haft thou thrls defil'd thJ Iv'ry feet! ~ Thy fw€etAcl's that was once, how far from fweet! . Where are thy maidcn...fmiles, thy blufh1nO. cheek ? ·• :J"hy Lamb-like countenance; fo fair, fo m~ek? r· Where is that fpotlefs flower, that whileere Within thy Lilly bo[ot11 thou didft wear ? · Has wanton cupid fnatch'd it ?Hathhis Dart Sent courtly tokens t0 thy fimple heart? · ·: Where dofi thou bide ? the C.Untrey half difclaims the& i The City wonders when a body names thee: . , · Or have the rural woods engraft thee there, · A1o1d rhus forefiall'd GU~ empty Markets here? Sure th'art nor, or k~pt where no man fhows thee; · · Or chang'd fo much, fcarce man or woman 'knows the~,; ' Our Grandame eve, lx:fore it was for~id, · De!ircd not the fruit fhe .,after did : Had not the cuftom of thefe times ordain~d That women froth mens feafts !hould be reftrain' ~ Pe.thaps ( AfitterU5 ) Vajhti mi~ht I1ave ~:lied . Unfent for) and thy felfbecn undenied: Such are the fruits of mirth's and wine's abufe, C~dloms mufr crack, and love mufi brc:ak his ttl.tce, · Conjugal bands llUlfl loofe, and fullen Hate , · 1 ' • l Enfues theFeafi, where Wine's immoderate~ . . More difficult it h, and greater ~kiJl - To bear a ;nifchief than· prevent an ill : Paflion is natural, bm to bridle paffion, Is more divine, and virt~es opera.tion : T odo amifs is natures Att : 1 to err, · h but a wret(hed mortal5 Cl.12.ratter ; l-<• .Bll r_ (0 prevent the dan~cr~qt'thc ill, r ., ' n}orc dun man, furpaflmg humane skill : . -._Who_plays ~ hapey ga111c with cyafry ~ighr, ,Cdtibrms h:mfd~ bu; ~omtJlC$ Favont;. : . - "' .....
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