The art of love in two books. Written both to men and ladies. A new poem.

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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.
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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 June 1, 2024.

Pages

Pity.

PErhaps, at first She shall kind Pity own, And cry, you cannot think She's perfect Stone▪ If once She Pities, let all Fears be past, For none e're pity'd, but She lov'd at last. Pity, Love's gentle Usher, smooths her way; Love after Pity makes no long delay.

Page 72

Now are all Dangers past, all Storms blown ore, The bounding Vessel Gains the wisht-for Shore. When most you see her kindness, most seem blind, And call her Cruel, tho' you know her kind. Allmost possest, seem wholly to Despair, Your Visits now for some short time forbear; Feigning distracted Doubts, you gain the Fair. By secret Wiles, seem, as your Soul were mov'd By other Charms; as you some other lov'd.
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