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Anne Kingsmill Finch - The Phoenix
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A Female Friend advis`d a Swain 
  (Whose Heart she wish`d at ease) 
Make Love thy Pleasure, not thy Pain, 
  Nor let it deeply seize. 

Beauty, where Vanities abound, 
  No serious Passion claims; 
Then, `till a Phoenix can be found, 
  Do not admit the Flames. 

But griev`d She finds, that his Replies 
  (Since prepossess`d when Young) 
Take all their Hints from Silvia`s Eyes, 
  None from ARDELIA`s Tongue. 

Thus, Cupid, of our Aim we miss, 
  Who wou`d unbend thy Bow; 
And each slight Nymph a Phoenix is, 
  When Love will have it so.
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