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With Anger, which sometimes they feign,

They cruel Tyrants prove;

And then turn Flatterers again,

With as affected Love.

As if fome Injury were meant
To those they kindly us❜d,

Those Lovers are the most content,
That have been still refus'd.

Since each has in his Bofom nurft
A false, and fawning Foe;
Tis juft, and wife, by ftriking first,
To'scape the fatal Blow.

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Think not, when you have caught me fo,

Toufe me as you list.

Incon

Inconftancy, or Coldness will

My foolish Heart reclaim,

Then I come off with Honour ftill,
But you, alas! with Shame.

A Heart by Kindness only gain'd,
Will a dear Conquest prove;

And, to be kept, must be maintain'd
At vaft Expence of Love.

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The VENTURE,

H, how I languifh! What a strange
Unruly fierce Defire!

My Spirits feel fome wondrous Change,
My Heart is all on fire.

Now, all ye wifer Thoughts, away,

In vain your Tale ye tell

Of patient Hopes and dull Delay,
Love's foppifh Part, farewel.

Suppose one Week's Delay would give

All that my Wishes move;

Oh, who so long a time can live,

Stretch'd on the Rack of Love?

Her

Her Soul perhaps is too fublime,

To like fuch flavish Fear;

Discretion, Prudence, all is Crime,
If once condemn'd by her.

When Honour does the Soldier call

To fome unequal Fight,

Refolv'd to conquer or to fall,

Before his Gen'ral's Sight;

Advanc'd the happy Hero lives;

Or if ill Fate denies,

The noble Rashness Heav'n forgives,
And gloriously he dies,

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