Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.

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Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
Author
Barker, Jane.
Publication
London :: Printed for Benjamin Crayle ...,
1688.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Songs, English -- Texts.
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Pages

Page 94

To her Lovers Complaint. A SONG.

I.
IF you complain your Flames are hot, 'Tis 'cause they are impure, For strongest Spirits scorch us not, Their Flames we can endure.
II.
Love, like Zeal, shou'd be divine, And ardent as the same; Like Stars, which in cold Weather shine, Or like a Lambent Flame.
III.
It shou'd be like the Morning Rays, Which quickens, but not burns; Or th' innocence of Childrens plays, Or Lamps in Antient Urns.
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