Sylvæ, or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies

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Title
Sylvæ, or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies
Author
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Publication
London :: Printed for Jacob Tonson ...,
1685.
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Subject terms
Classical poetry -- Translations into English.
English poetry -- Translations from Greek.
English poetry -- Translations from Latin.
English poetry -- 17th century.
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"Sylvæ, or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36697.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.

Pages

Page 394

To LESBIA.

MY Lesbia swears she would Catullus wed, Tho' Iove himself should come and ask her Bed; True, this she swears by all the Powers above, But she's a Woman speaking to her Love: That single Thought my growing faith Defeats, 'Tis necessary for them to be Cheats: They must be false, they must their Oaths forget, So pleasing is the Lech'ry of Deceit; What Women tell their Servants, fade like Dreams, And should be writ in Air, or running Streams.
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