THE
Charmed Lover;
OR, A
Young Man that Courted a
Welch LADY,
For the sake of her BEAUTY.
Licensed according to Order. To the Tune of, Sir John Johnson's Fare-well
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AS I was walking in the Fields,
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My self to recreate,
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And take the Pleasure Summer yields;
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Two lovers I saw sate,
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Near to a pleasant Rivers Side,
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In a Morning fresh and gay,
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Where Love and Vertue doth abide,
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But mark what he doth say.
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My Love your like the Phenix fair,
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That is so fine and gay;
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No Beauty may with you compare,
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Though deck'd in rich Aray;
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Your Presence is my whole Delight,
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And glorious is your Nature
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Of Love, Vertue, and Beauty bright,
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England's fair dainty Dame.
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Your cery Cheeks, and rudy Lips,
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Have set my Heart on fire,
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I, and your pretty smiling Looks,
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My Soul doth much admire:
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Your Beauty shines exceedingly,
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Much like the Sun above;
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For which have I so mightily,
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Upon you fix'd my Love.
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Your crisped Locks like Threads of Gold,
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Doth in my Sight appear,
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Your Teeth like Ivory I behold,
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And Jewels in each Ear:
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A lovely Creature, sure are you
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Exceeding fine and gay,
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Of shining Beauty and Vertue,
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That never can decay.
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A glorious Name and good Report,
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On you I'll ever give;
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For none but you can me comfort,
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Whilst that I here doth live:
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Not one in all the World is found,
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That can to you compare;
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Where Love and Vertue doth abound,
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In you my only Dear.
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I pray my Love, don't say me nay,
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But grant me my Desire,
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And yield to be my Bride strait,
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And quench a burning Fire:
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The Fire of Love's exceeding fierce,
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And burneth in a Rage;
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Such are my Torments in the least,
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No one can them asswage.
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But you my only Joy and Deer,
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Can ease me of my Smart,
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And quench those hellish Torments where,
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They rage in my poor Heart,
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Your Love and Vertue is full sure,
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Where once it does begin,
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And in a Moments time can cure,
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The pains that I am in.
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My Dear and well-beloved Swain,
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A small Request I crave,
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That is, your true Love to obtain,
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And shield me from the Grave:
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For surely if you me deny,
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Your Person and your Love,
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Alas! then I for you must die;
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or wander in a Grove.
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