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<DATE>2007-12-05</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B071114.tech.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Faithful
Young Man &amp; Con&s;tant Maid;
OR,
The Unexpre&s;&s;able Love between &s;weet <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and fair <HI>ELENOR.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Plowman's Health</HI></OPENER>
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<P>This may be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<LG>
<L>WE will leave all the thoughts of the world for a while</L>
<L>and in this &s;weet Grove an hour beguile,</L>
<L>We will ever re&s;olve to be con&s;tant and true</L>
<L>And Innocent Ioys we will now renew,</L>
<L>To my Fair pretty <HI>Elinor</HI> faithful I'le prove,</L>
<L>If beauteous young <HI>Elinor</HI> me will love;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>To my fair pretty <HI>Elenor,</HI> faithful i'le prove,</HI></L>
<L><HI>if, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I will love my &s;weet <HI>William</HI> above all mankind,</L>
<L>And ever be true, and at all times kind,</L>
<L>All young Lovers hereafter &s;hall learn by us two,</L>
<L>To be always con&s;tant, and always true,</L>
<L>No Fortune &s;hall make me, from thee er'e depart</L>
<L>And to my &s;weet <HI>William</HI> i'le give my Heart;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>No Fortune &s;hall make me from thee e're depart,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Youth to a Beauty more con&s;tant &s;hall be,</L>
<L>Then I will be always, (fair maid) to thee</L>
<L>No Fortune or Fate, &s;hall extingui&s;h this Fire,</L>
<L>Nor no other Beauty create de&s;ire,</L>
<L>'Tis only fair <HI>Elenor</HI> that I will love</L>
<L>And ever to her will I con&s;tant prove.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>'Tis only fair <HI>Elenor</HI> that I will love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ever, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Marriage &s;hall bring me into thy &s;oft Arms,</L>
<L>How happy &s;hall I be in thy charms?</L>
<L>How happy each day, and how happy each night?</L>
<L>The day bringing Plea&s;ure, the night Delight.</L>
<L>I &s;hall then be happy all days of my Life,</L>
<L>Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing all Ioys in a vertuous Wife,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I &s;hall then be happy all dayes of my Life,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>We wil leave this leud World to it's wretched E&s;tate,</L>
<L>And now we will love before 'tis too &s;are,</L>
<L>Each Grove, and each Fountain a witne&s;s &s;hall prove,</L>
<L>How dearly wee'l live, and how well wee'l Love.</L>
<L>The Plea&s;ures of Lovers we here &s;hall obtain,</L>
<L>And after we &s;hall in <HI>Ely&s;ium</HI> reign;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>The Plea&s;ures of Lovers we here &s;hall obtain,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If lovely fair Maids will re&s;olve to be coy</L>
<L>They loo&s;e tho&s;e &s;weet minutes they might enjoy,</L>
<L>If Beauty, to Beauty, will only be kind,</L>
<L>Young Maids to them&s;elves mu&s;t be then confin'd,</L>
<L>And Lovers but vainly tho&s;e Beauties doe &s;erve;</L>
<L>But Maidens may give what Men don't de&s;erve,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And Lovers but vainly tho&s;e Beauties do &s;erve,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then let us enjoy while our Pa&s;&s;ions are &s;trong</L>
<L>A minutes delay will appear too long,</L>
<L>Though Beauty is lovely and always does plea&s;e,</L>
<L>'Tis kindne&s;s that only can Flames appea&s;e,</L>
<L>'Tis kindne&s;s that always creates a de&s;ire,</L>
<L>And is the &s;weet Fewel to <HI>Cupids</HI> Fire;</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>'Tis kindne&s;s that always creates a de&s;ire.</HI></L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L>Fair <HI>Elenor</HI> thus let us Plea&s;ures pur&s;ue,</L>
<L>And let us (like Turtles) be ever true,</L>
<L>That young Men &amp; Maidens our prai&s;e may proclaim</L>
<L>And by our example may live in Fame,</L>
<L>That Ages hereafter may learn for to prove,</L>
<L>More true and more con&s;tant, and always Love,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That Ages hereafter may learn to prove,</HI></L>
<L><HI>More True and Con&s;tant, and always Love.</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy near the Draw-Bridge
on London-Bridge.</P>
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