Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ... Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

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352 Fancies and Fantasticks.So our dull souls tasting delightFar off, by sence, and appetite,Think that is rightAnd reall good ;when yetTis but the counterfeit.Oh ! how I glory now ;that IHave made this new discovery ?Each wanton eyeEnflam'd before : no moreWill I increase that score.If I gaze, now, 'tis but to seeWhat manner of deaths-head 'twill be,When it is freeFrom that fresh upper-skin,The gazers joy and sin. 1

Fancies and Fantasticks. 353To a proud Lady.Is it birth puffs up thy mind ?Women best born are best inclin'd.Is itthy breeding ? No, I ly'de ;Women well bred are foes to pride.Is itthy beauty, foolish thing ?Lay by thy cloaths, there's no such thing.Is itthy vertue ? that's deny'd,Vertue's an opposite to pride.Nay, then walk on, Tie say no more,Who made thee proud, can make thee poore.The Devill onely hath the skillTo draw fair fools to this foule ill..V/J Ml yiul b&> .vrjii B a:!i:ra .oTOn Women.Find me an end out in a Ring,Turn a stream backwards to its spring,Recover minutes past and gone,Undoe what is already done,Make Heaven stand still, make mountains fly,And teach a woman constancy.An Apologetique Song.Men, if you love us, play no moreThe fools, or Tyrants, with your friends,.To make us still sing o're and ore,Our own false praises, for your ends.VOL. II. A A

Fancies and Fantasticks. 353To a proud Lady.Is it birth puffs up thy mind ?Women best b<strong>or</strong>n are best inclin'd.Is itthy breeding ? No, I ly'de ;Women well bred are foes to pride.Is itthy beauty, foolish thing ?Lay by thy cloaths, there's no such thing.Is itthy vertue ? that's deny'd,Vertue's an opposite to pride.Nay, then walk on, Tie say no m<strong>or</strong>e,Who made thee proud, can make thee po<strong>or</strong>e.<strong>The</strong> Devill onely hath the skillTo draw fair fools to this foule ill..V/J Ml yiul b&> .vrjii B a:!i:ra .oTOn Women.Find me an end out in a Ring,Turn a stream backwards to its spring,Recover minutes past and gone,Undoe what is already done,Make Heaven stand still, make mountains fly,And teach a woman constancy.An Apologetique Song.Men, if you love us, play no m<strong>or</strong>e<strong>The</strong> fools, <strong>or</strong> Tyrants, with your friends,.To make us still sing o're and <strong>or</strong>e,Our own false praises, f<strong>or</strong> your ends.VOL. II. A A

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