FAIR Amoret is gone astray— | |
Pursue and seek her, ev'ry lover; | |
I'll tell the signs by which you may | |
The wand'ring Shepherdess discover. | |
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Coquette and coy at once her air, | 5 |
Both studied, tho' both seem neglected; | |
Careless she is, with artful care, | |
Affecting to seem unaffected. | |
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With skill her eyes dart ev'ry glance, | |
Yet change so soon you'd ne'er suspect them, | 10 |
For she'd persuade they wound by chance, | |
Tho' certain aim and art direct them. | |
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She likes herself, yet others hates | |
For that which in herself she prizes; | |
And, while she laughs at them, forgets | 15 |
She is the thing hat she despises |