089:00,000[' ]| 089:01,000[' ]| 089:01,001[A ]| Whether we mortals love or no$5$, 089:01,002[A ]| It is the same case whatever we do: 089:01,003[A ]| For$3$ Love does killing pleasures give, 089:01,004[A ]| And without Love it is death to$9$ live. 089:01,005[A ]| If then to$9$ love so$5#1$ painful be, 089:01,006[A ]| And not to$9$ love be misery, 089:01,007[A ]| What a sad case must he be in$4$, 089:01,008[A ]| Who$6#1$ has disgraced and jilted been ~~ 089:01,009[A ]| Banished forever from those eyes 089:01,010[A ]| Which$6#1$ conquer fools and fool the wise, 089:01,011[A ]| And none but stoics can despise; 089:01,012[A ]| They conquer, but they will$1$ not yield. 089:01,013[A ]| Love knows no$2$ such unequal field, 089:01,014[A ]| But in$4$ lovers' gentle fight, 089:01,015[A ]| Both conquer when they both submit. 089:01,016[A ]| Sometimes the better to$9$ persuade 089:01,017[A ]| I call in$5$ heraldry to$4$ my aid: 089:01,018[A ]| I speak my sire's and grand-sire's praise, 089:01,019[A ]| Tell her how brave, how good he was; 089:01,020[A ]| Then magnify myself and say 089:01,021[A ]| How wise, how witty, and how gay 089:01,022[A ]| I am; and (as the times go now) 089:01,023[A ]| How constant, and how sober too. 089:01,024[A ]| But she, instead of this, demands 089:01,025@b | "What stock? what money, sir? what lands? 089:01,026[A ]| Shepherds and clowns inherit life; 089:01,027[A ]| Do you ever think to$9$ get a wife 089:01,028[A ]| Because your dad was born before ye? 089:01,029[A ]| That$6#2$, sir, is but an idle story. 089:01,030[A ]| Though men be witty, wise or gay, 089:01,031[A ]| Fools may love as well as they; 089:01,032[A ]| Wit will$1$ not please at night, nor profit in$4$ the day." 089:01,033[A ]| Curse on$4$ this money! would he were 089:01,034[A ]| Sunk beneath hell, to$9$ languish there, 089:01,035[A ]| Condemned to$4$ everlasting chains 089:01,036[A ]| Where the rich miser, Pluto, reigns, 089:01,037[A ]| Who$6#1$ first called counters happiness. 089:01,038[A ]| What an improper thing is this, 089:01,039[A ]| That$3$ money is the common cause of strife, 089:01,040[A ]| The common barrator of human life: 089:01,041[A ]| Sets brethren into mortal fray, 089:01,042[A ]| Makes children, parents disobey, 089:01,043[A ]| Makes wars and slaughters to$9$ abound, 089:01,044[A ]| Where peace and joy before were found, 089:01,045[A ]| And, which$6#1$ is worst of all, it does 089:01,046[A ]| Love's gentle votaries abuse; 089:01,047[A ]| It does to$4$ Love its powerful aids deny, 089:01,048[A ]| Whilst yet for$4$ want of it the lovers die. 089:02,000[' ]| 089:02,001[A ]| Fair Iris, all our time is spent 089:02,002[A ]| In$4$ trifling whilst we dally, 089:02,003[A ]| The lovers who$6#1$ are indifferent 089:02,004[A ]| Commit the grossest folly. 089:02,005[A ]| Ah! stint not then the flowing pleasure 089:02,006[A ]| To$4$ such a wretched scanty measure; 089:02,007[A ]| Since boundless passion boundless joys will$1$ prove, 089:02,008[A ]| Excess can only justify our love. 089:02,009[A ]| Excess in$4$ other things so$5#1$ bad 089:02,010[A ]| In$4$ love is the justest measure, 089:02,011[A ]| No$2$ other reason is to$9$ be had 089:02,012[A ]| In$4$ that$6#2$ seraphic pleasure. 089:02,013[A ]| From growing love, bright nymphs, your faces 089:02,014[A ]| Receive ten thousand sweeter graces; 089:02,015[A ]| My Iris, then, that$3$ you may be divine, 089:02,016[A ]| Let your soft flame spread night and day like$4$ mine. 089:03,000[' ]| 089:03,001[A ]| Phillis, lay aside your thinking, 089:03,002[A ]| Youth and beauty should be gay, 089:03,003[A ]| Laugh and talk and mind your drinking 089:03,004[A ]| Whilst we pass the time away. 089:03,005[A ]| Laugh and talk and mind your drinking 089:03,006[A ]| Whilst we pass the time away. 089:03,007[A ]| They ought only to$9$ be pensive 089:03,008[A ]| Who$6#1$ dare not their grief declare, 089:03,009[A ]| Lest their story be offensive 089:03,000[A ]| But still languish in$4$ despair. 089:03,010[A ]| Lest their story be offensive 089:03,011[A ]| But still languish in$4$ despair. 089:03,012[A ]| Yet what more torments your lovers, 089:03,013[A ]| They are jealous they obey, 089:03,014[A ]| One whose restless mind discovers 089:03,015[A ]| She is no$2$ less a slave than they. 089:03,016[A ]| One whose restless mind discovers 089:03,017[A ]| She is no$2$ less a slave than they. 089:04,000[' ]| 089:04,000[' ]| 089:04,001[A ]| Since Death on$4$ all lays his impartial hand, 089:04,002[A ]| And all resign at his command, 089:04,003[A ]| The Stoic too as well as I 089:04,004[A ]| With all his gravity must die, 089:04,005[A ]| Let us wisely manage this last span, 089:04,006[A ]| The momentary life of man, 089:04,007[A ]| And still in$4$ pleasure's circle move, 089:04,008[A ]| Giving to$4$ our friends the day, and all our nights to$4$ love. 089:04,009[A ]| Thus, thus, while we are here, let us perfectly live, 089:04,010[A ]| And taste all the pleasures that$6#1$ nature can give; 089:04,011[A ]| Fresh heat, when life is fading, our wine will$1$ inspire, 089:04,012[A ]| And fill all our veins with a nobler fire. 089:04,000[' ]| 089:04,001[A ]| When we are sapless, old, and impotent, 089:04,002[A ]| Then we shall grieve for$4$ youth misspent; 089:04,003[A ]| Wine and women only can 089:04,004[A ]| Cherish the heavy heart of man. 089:04,005[A ]| Let us drink until our blood overflows 089:04,006[A ]| Its channels and luxuriant grows; 089:04,007[A ]| Then when our whores have drained each vein, 089:04,008[A ]| And the thin mass fresh spirits crave, let us drink again. 089:04,009[A ]| 089:04,000[' ]| 089:04,001[A ]| The happy King, whom Heaven itself called wise, 089:04,002[A ]| Saw all was vanity but vice; 089:04,003[A ]| His active mind, ever in$4$ quest of bliss, 089:04,004[A ]| Surveyed all things and stuck to$4$ this: 089:04,005[A ]| Myriads of harlots round him strove, 089:04,006[A ]| Some sung while others acted love. 089:04,007[A ]| Who$6#1$ then our frailties can condemn, 089:04,008[A ]| Since one by$4$ Heaven inspired left Heaven to$9$ follow them. 089:04,009[A ]| 089:05,000[' ]| 089:05,001[A ]| Of all the torments, all the cares 089:05,002[A ]| With which$6#1$ our lives are cursed, 089:05,003[A ]| Of all the plagues a lover bears, 089:05,004[A ]| Sure rivals are the worst. 089:05,005[A ]| By$4$ partners in$4$ another kind 089:05,006[A ]| Afflictions easier grow, 089:05,007[A ]| In$4$ love alone we hate to$9$ find 089:05,008[A ]| Companions in$4$ our woe. 089:05,009[A ]| Cynthia, for$3$ all the pains you see 089:05,010[A ]| Are labouring in$4$ my breast, 089:05,011[A ]| I beg not that$3$ you would pity me 089:05,012[A ]| But that$3$ you would slight the rest. 089:05,013[A ]| How great soever your rigours are, 089:05,014[A ]| With them alone I will$1$ cope; 089:05,015[A ]| I can endure my own despair 089:05,016[A ]| But not another's hope. 089:06,000[' ]| 089:06,001[B ]| If Sylla's ghost made bloody Catiline start, 089:06,002[B ]| And shook the fabric of his marble heart, 089:06,003[B ]| If Samuel's shade could wicked Saul affright, 089:06,004[B ]| When Endor raised him from the depths of night, 089:06,005[B ]| Pity poor Nell, that$6#1$ is haunted by$4$ Mall*Knight. 089:06,006[B ]| You that$6#1$ have seen me in$4$ my youthful age, 089:06,007[B ]| Preferred from stall of turnips to$4$ the stage, 089:06,008[B ]| Those sympathetic griefs you did bestow, 089:06,009[B ]| And tears to$4$ scenic sufferings once allow, 089:06,010[B ]| Employ them on$4$ my real torments now. 089:06,011[B ]| Knight, cruel Knight, that$6#1$ once lay in$4$ my breast, 089:06,012[B ]| My constant crony and eternal guest, 089:06,013[B ]| The applauder of my beauty, and my jest: 089:06,014[B ]| She, she, that$6#2$ cruel she to$4$ France is fled, 089:06,015[B ]| Yet lets me not enjoy my quiet bed. 089:06,016[B ]| Whenever I lay me down to$9$ love or sleep, 089:06,017[B ]| She through the opening curtains seems to$9$ peep, 089:06,018[B ]| Dreadful as Gorgon, turning all to$4$ stone, 089:06,019[B ]| Unpainted, and without her plumpers on$5$, 089:06,020[B ]| Her eyes and cheeks all hollow, so$3$ her voice, 089:06,021[B ]| And this she utters with a dreadful noise: 089:06,022[B ]| Pug! cruel Pug! with whom so$5#1$ long I lived, 089:06,023[B ]| For$4$ whom so$5#1$ well I faithfully contrived; 089:06,024[B ]| Wherein have I deserved so$5#1$ ill of thee, 089:06,025[B ]| That$3$ thou shouldst part my dearest Colt and me? 089:06,026[B ]| Of brawny blockheads hadst thou not before, 089:06,027[B ]| By$4$ my industrious care a numerous store? 089:06,028[B ]| Cleveland herself was never crammed with more. 089:06,029[B ]| By$4$ her when first of Wycherley bereft, 089:06,030[B ]| My charming Colt was still a treasure left. 089:06,031[B ]| Nor to$4$ my wishes did he disagree, 089:06,032[B ]| I ogled him, and he would squint at me; 089:06,033[B ]| But when his charming limbs the first time pressed 089:06,034[B ]| My hectic body, never was bawd so$5#1$ blessed! 089:06,035[B ]| Lansdowne himself for$4$ Colt I did despise, 089:06,036[B ]| Lansdowne, in$4$ whom each hour new charms arise, 089:06,037[B ]| Lansdowne the gay, the sprightly, and the wise. 089:06,038[B ]| Big with my joys, to$4$ thee I still did run, 089:06,039[B ]| Declared how oft the sacred act was done, 089:06,040[B ]| While, as the melting history I told, 089:06,041[B ]| My twinkling eyes in$4$ their old sockets rolled. 089:06,042[B ]| All which$6#1$ by$4$ faithless thee with craft was heard, 089:06,043[B ]| No$2$ blush in$4$ sign of kindling lust appeared ~~ 089:06,044[B ]| Blushing is a thing thou hast conquered long ago, 089:06,045[B ]| And modesty has always been thy foe; 089:06,046[B ]| If ever thou affect it, it is with awkward grace, 089:06,047[B ]| For$3$ bawd is always opened in$4$ thy face. 089:06,048[B ]| Bawd is thy art, thy accomplishment and trade, 089:06,049[B ]| For$4$ that$6#2$, not love, thou wert a mistress made. 089:06,050[B ]| No$2$ hero ever to$4$ thy arms was won, 089:06,051[B ]| But in$4$ some drunken hour, when love was gone, 089:06,052[B ]| To$9$ wallow, fumble, grunt, and spew upon$5$, 089:06,053[B ]| Till my false squinter thou didst lead astray, 089:06,054[B ]| And her that$6#1$ too much trusted thee betray. 089:06,055[B ]| Thus I, poor nymph, am plagued and must not rest, 089:06,056[B ]| Because in$4$ that$6#2$ Adonis Colt I am blessed: 089:06,057[B ]| Colt, who$6#1$ for$4$ close intrigues was doubtless made, 089:06,058[B ]| Whose love was never by$4$ his looks betrayed, 089:06,059[B ]| For$3$ while his melting eyes did mine survey, 089:06,060[B ]| They craftily still seemed another way; 089:06,061[B ]| Which$6#1$ when fond Knight, our confidante, did see, 089:06,062[B ]| She claimed the homage that$6#1$ was paid to$4$ me. 089:06,063[B ]| Till to$9$ redress the mighty wrong sustained, 089:06,064[B ]| I to$4$ my God-like Sovereign complained, 089:06,065[B ]| And by$4$ his justice I my right maintained. 089:06,066[B ]| Let mountebanks make market houses ring, 089:06,067[B ]| Of what great feats they have done before the King, 089:06,068[B ]| Let learned Sir*Sam his Windsor Engine try, 089:06,069[B ]| Before great Charles let quacks and seamen lie: 089:06,070[B ]| He never heard swearers till Mall*Knight and I, 089:06,071[B ]| Never heard oaths less valued or less true, 089:06,072[B ]| (And yet, it is said, he has paid for$4$ swearing too). 089:06,073[B ]| Loudlier we swore than plundering dragoons, 089:06,074[B ]| 'Sblood followed 'Sblood, and Zoons succeeded Zoons, 089:06,075[B ]| Till at the last the bawd's weak forces failed, 089:06,076[B ]| And I by$4$ noise and impudence prevailed. 089:06,077[B ]| To$4$ France my baffled squeaking rival is gone, 089:06,078[B ]| And Colt and all his eyes are now my own. 089:06,079[B ]| Should she pretend to$4$ what is so$5#1$ much my due, 089:06,080[B ]| She might as well take lovely Duncombe too ~~ 089:06,081[B ]| Duncombe, by$4$ my great sway and power preferred, 089:06,082[B ]| For$4$ mounting me well first now mounts the Guard. 089:06,083[B ]| Help, Church and State, to$9$ do a Princess right, 089:06,084[B ]| Guard me from wrongs, and exorcise this sprite; 089:06,085[B ]| Even now in$4$ terror on$4$ my bed I lie, 089:06,086[B ]| Send Doctor*Burnet to$4$ me, or I die.