The MAIDS Kind ANSWER to the
Young-Mans Lamentation,
OR,
The most Coy Frowns turned to the most pleasing Smiles.
To the same Tune. Licensed according to Order.
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I.
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AS he was ready to faint,
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and bid all the World adieu;
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The Damsel hearing his complaint,
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his blessings she did renew.
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II.
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In sorrow do not lament,
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these words she often said;
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My heart does still relent,
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to hear the moan you made.
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III.
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What tho' like the Marble-stone,
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thy heart was heavy and cold,
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Thou never shalt be overthrown,
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I'll love thee more dear than Gold.
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IV.
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I'll be at my Shepherd's call,
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and study to honour thee;
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If Love has power to conquer all,
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why may it not conquer me.
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V.
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No longer can I conceal
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true Love from my Loyal Swain;
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For why? the powerfull Charms I feel
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now flowing through e'ery Vein.
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VI.
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When as I wou'd not comply
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to thee whom I did adore,
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'Twas but to try thy Constancy,
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I'll never forsake thee more.
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VII.
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Thy true Love and Loyalty,
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the Gordian Knot has ty'd:
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Now thro' the world I'll go with thee,
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whatever shall me betide.
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VIII.
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I'll bend now to Cupid's Bow,
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and cast all my frowns away,
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For Love commands me to do so,
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and therefore I will obey.
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IX.
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With Blessings thou shalt be crown'd,
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and all my favours regain
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Likewise I'll heal the bleeding wound,
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of which thou didst once complain.
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X.
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I'll honour my dearest Love,
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and never will thee offend,
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And here within this shady Grove,
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in pleasure our days we'll spend.
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XI.
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And while our Lambs does feed
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here by the delightfull Spring,
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Together we'll in Love proceed,
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while Birds sweet Anthe[m]s sing.
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XII.
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I will curl thy silken Locks,
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which are so soft and fair,
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And while we tend our harmless flocks,
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we will live void of care.
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XIII.
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Unto the Elizium shade,
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my dearest shall never go,
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For true Love does my heart invade,
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it must and shall be so.
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XIV.
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This did his Joys restore,
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his griefs were gone and past,
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They vowed ne'er to sever more,
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so long as life should last.
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