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<HEAD>The Kind MISTRESS:</HEAD>
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<L>Who being jealous that the Man &s;he lov'd,</L>
<L>Con&s;tant unto another Woman prov'd,</L>
<L>She could not brook another &s;hould po&s;&s;e&s;s,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Him whom &s;he lov'd more then &s;he could expre&s;s:</L>
<L>She bids him give her Wealth and Honour, all</L>
<L>But his own&s;elf, him &s;he her own mu&s;t call.</L>
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<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new Tune, call'd, <HI>The German Prince&s;s's Farewel,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>LOng days of ab&s;ence, Dear, I could endure,</L>
<L>If thy divided heart were mine &s;ecure,</L>
<L>But each minute I find my&s;elf without thee,</L>
<L>Methinks I and my Rival's arms about thee.</L>
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<LG>
<L>But &s;he perhaps her intere&s;t can improve,</L>
<L>By all the &s;tudied arts of wealth and love;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I, alas! poor kind and harmle&s;s Creature,</L>
<L>Plung'd in true patience, tru&s;t me it &s;hews good nature.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In her fair hand lay &s;ilver and rich gold,</L>
<L>But what I mu&s;t not name let my hand hold:</L>
<L>Give her rich robes, and jewels without mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>Do but allow me every night the plea&s;ure.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I dye to think that haple&s;s I &s;hould lo&s;e,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e &s;weet imbraces no one can refu&s;e,</L>
<L>Yet dare I not for &s;hame my flames di&s;cover,</L>
<L>I dread the name of, Poor For&s;ak&eacute;n Lover.</L>
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<LG>
<L>If &s;he have wit and beauty, charms of love,</L>
<L>Some think I have the &s;ame, and tho&s;e will move;</L>
<L>If &s;he can &s;mile, and ki&s;s, and cling about you,</L>
<L>All the&s;e I'll do before I'll go without you.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O let not all my Rival's laugh and &s;ay,</L>
<L>I am become a &s;illy Ca&s;t-away;</L>
<L>Though all are bound to pay you wealth and honour,</L>
<L>It all comes &s;hort of what you lay upon her.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I'll force my &s;oul, and &s;ummon all my charms,</L>
<L>E'er any &s;he &s;hall lye within your arms,</L>
<L>Except I found decays in every feature,</L>
<L>Or that old age had &s;poil'd the works of Nature.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Oh! oh! my Dear where art, where art thou now&punc;</L>
<L>Hear my &s;weet call, and hea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">n to my vow,</L>
<L>What tho' you love her, yet you ought to leave her,</L>
<L>I vow my heart &s;hall be thine own for ever.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I'll act &s;uch things, i'll laugh, and dance, and &s;ing,</L>
<L>I'll hug and ki&s;s, and love like any thing;</L>
<L>Then change me not, till I can do no longer,</L>
<L>I'll u&s;e a means to make my &s;pirits &s;tronger.</L>
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<LG>
<L>But if &s;he mu&s;t have intere&s;t in your heart,</L>
<L>Dear Love, let it be but the weaker part;</L>
<L>Or if &s;he once enjoy's a greater ble&s;&s;ing,</L>
<L>You know my thoughts without the words expre&s;&s;ing,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Should I be left by you, and quite forlorn,</L>
<L>All other objects my proud heart would &s;corn;</L>
<L>But if you &s;till per&s;i&s;t and will not mind me,</L>
<L>I'll mourn to death and leave her here behind me.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When Death hath done its wor&s;t, and I am cold,</L>
<L>'Twill force a &s;igh when you &s;uch clay behold;</L>
<L>Alas! too late you'll with your Friends lament me,</L>
<L>But when I was alive you'd not content me.</L>
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