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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi001.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="2"><div type="textpart" subtype="poem" n="7"><l n="16">If discommend, 0 then 'tis all deceit,</l><l n="17">I strive to cloak my passion by the cheat.</l><l n="18">If I look well, I then neglect your charms,</l><l n="19">Lie dull and lazy in your active arms;</l><l n="20">If weak my voice, if pale my looks appear,</l><l n="21">0 then I languish for another fair.</l><l n="22">Would I did sin, and you with cause complain,</l><l n="23">For when we strive to shun, yet strive in vain,</l><l n="24">'Tis comfort sure to have deserv'd the pain.</l><l n="25">But sure fond fancies now such heats engage,</l><l n="26">Your cred'lous peevish humour spoils your rage.</l><l n="27">In frequent chidings I no force can see,</l><l n="28">You frown too often to prevail with me;</l><l n="29">The ass grows dull by stripes; the constant blow</l><l n="30">Beats off his briskness, and he moves but slow.</l><l n="31">But now I'm lavish of my kind embrace,</l><l n="32">And Moll, forsooth, supplies her lady's place!</l><l n="33">Kind love, forbid that I should stoop so low;</l></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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