The art of love in two books. Written both to men and ladies. A new poem.
About this Item
- Title
- The art of love in two books. Written both to men and ladies. A new poem.
- Author
- Hopkins, Charles, 1664?-1700?
- Publication
- London :: printed for Joseph Wild, at the Elephant at Charing-Cross,
- 1700. Where gentlemen and ladies may pick novels at 6 s. per doz. and be furnish'd with most sorts of plays.
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- Subject terms
- Love poetry -- Early works to 1800.
- Cite this Item
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"The art of love in two books. Written both to men and ladies. A new poem." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23605.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
Pages
Page 25
Let then your soft Addresses be begun,
And Build on this—all Women may be won.
The Coyest Nymph, she, who disdains the most,
When once she knows how dear her Scorn has cost,
Pitys the Youth, by her ill usage lost.
By secret shists his Visits would restore,
And now would grant, would he but now Adore,
Maids will deny, who more than Men desire.
Affecting Coldness most, when most on Fire.
Here must I now unpractiz'd precepts teach,
Prescribe you Flights my self could never reach