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

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Fancies and Fantasticks. 427And am grown young again ; my ptisick nowHath left me, and my Judges graver browIs smooth'd ;and I turn'd am<strong>or</strong>ous as May,When she invites young lovers f<strong>or</strong>th to playUpon her flowry bosome : I could winA Vestall now, <strong>or</strong> tempt a Queen to sin.Oh f<strong>or</strong> a sc<strong>or</strong>e of Queens !you'd laugh to see,How they would strive which first should ravish me :Three Goddesses were nothing:Sack has tiptMy tongue with charms like those which Paris siptFrom Venus, when she taught him how to^ kisseFaire Helen, and invite a fairer blisse :Mine is Canary-Rhet<strong>or</strong>ick, that aloneWould turn Diana to a burning stone.Stone with amazement, burning with loves fire ;Hard to the touch, but sh<strong>or</strong>t in her desire.Inestimable Sack !thou mak'st us rich,Wise, am<strong>or</strong>ous, any thing I ;have an itchTo t'other cup, and that perchance will makeMe valiant too, and quarrell f<strong>or</strong> thy sake.If I be once inflam'd against thy foesThat would preach down thy w<strong>or</strong>th in small-beer prose,I shall do miracles as bad, <strong>or</strong> w<strong>or</strong>se,As he that gave the King an hundred H<strong>or</strong>se :T'other odd Cup, and I shall be prepar'dTo snatch at Stars, and pluck down a rewardWith mine own hands from Jove upon their backsThat are, <strong>or</strong> Charts his enemies, <strong>or</strong> Sacks iLet it be full, if I do chance to spillOver my standish by the way, I will

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