Anne Kingsmill Finch - The PhoenixAnne 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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