An Answer to the
Covetous-Minded Parents:
OR,
The Young-mans Resolution to free his Captiv'd
Love, at the Hazard of his dearest Life.
To the Tune of, The Ring of Gold.
Licensed according to Order.
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MY Youthful Charming Fair,
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and Sweetest Jewel,
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I solemnly declare
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(tho' Friends are cruel)
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Thy wrongs I soon will right,
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could I come near thee,
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And study day and night
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how I might Clear thee.
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Tho' they so close confine
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my dear, and grieve thee,
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Yet in these Arms of mine
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I'll soon receive thee,
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Strong Locks and Bars I'll brake
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where soon I'll enter,
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For my sweet Creatures sake
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my Life I'll venture.
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'Tis not thy Fathers Frown
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e're shall affright me,
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Thy days with joy I'll Crown
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who ne'er did slight me,
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What tho' vast heaps of Gold
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I a'n't possessing;
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True Love is still, behold,
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a greater Blessing.
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Parents we often find
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greedy for Treasure,
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They love the golden Mine
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here out of measure,
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It bears so great a sway
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in e'ery Action;
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That Loyal Lovers they
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meet with distraction.
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Being compell'd to Wed
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meerly for Riches,
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The Palsey Hoary head
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thus Coyn bewitches,
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Some Parents who has now
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Treasure Possessing,
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Children must break their vow,
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or lose their blessing.
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Gray has more Wealth than I
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Yet she'll not waver,
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But yet her Parents cry,
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I shall not have her,
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This is as if, behold,
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my dearest Honey,
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Was to be bought and sold
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by price of Money.
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Yet my sweet charming Saint,
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never will leave me,
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Her sighs and sad complaint
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dayly doth grieve me,
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She shall not languish long,
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I vow to see her,
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Soon to redress her wrong,
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I'll dye, or free her.
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This wretched Misers Bags,
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are his best graces,
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Mixt with diseased dregs,
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of loath d Embraces:
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Yet tho' her Friends contrive
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thus to annoy her.
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While I remain alive,
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he shan't enjoy her?
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If Friends with anger fraught,
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clearly forsake her,
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so that she han't a Groat,
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yet will I make her,
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My Lawful Bride, said he,
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and ne'r refrain her
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By true industery,
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I can maintain her.
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