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<DATE>2012-08-27</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B120723.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="W">C7604</STC>
<STC T="C">R232971</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">[ocm]69648583</BIBNO>
<VID>184893</VID>
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<PB REF="1">
<HEAD>CUPID^S Kindne&s;s to Con&s;tant CORIDON, OR, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">air SILVIA VVoun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ed with a Dart.</HEAD>
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<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hen Beauties bright, Young men can &s;ight,</L>
<L>and &s;eek their overthrow,</L>
<L>Then Cupid's Darts mu&s;t wound their hearts,</L>
<L>he will not leave them &s;o.</L>
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<OPENER>Tune of <HI>Charon</HI> make ha&s;t &amp;c.</OPENER>
<LICENSE LANG="eng">
<P>This may be Printed</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of Cupid</FIGDESC>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of a lady</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">Ilvia</HI> the Fair by the &s;ide of a River,</L>
<L>where &s;he &s;at combing her Golden hair,</L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">pid</HI> he drew forth a Dart from his Quiver,</L>
<L>and without pitty he &s;mites her there;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">w when &s;he f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">le her heart was wounded,</L>
<L>&s;trait cryed with voice both &s;oft an &s;hrill,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t &s;udden change has my freedom confounded?</L>
<L><HI>why mu&s;t I love now again&s;t my Will.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Often in Valleys young <HI>Corridon</HI> courted me,</L>
<L>yet I lookt on him with &s;cornful Eyes;</L>
<L>But now &s;trange Raptures of love has tran&s;ported me,</L>
<L>which does my &s;ences and &s;oul &s;urpri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>This very Minute, time, and Sea&s;on,</L>
<L>&s;orrow and Grief my heart doth fill,</L>
<L>Here I admire what &s;hould be the rea&s;on,</L>
<L><HI>that I mu&s;t love him again&s;t my Will.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>lady</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>gentleman</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>I w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s re&s;olved to live and dye &s;ingle,</L>
<L>tho' I had Suitors alwaies in &s;tore,</L>
<L>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t e'ry vein in my heart does now tingle</L>
<L>tho like I never did feel before,</L>
<L>I had to love a Dete<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tation,</L>
<L>the which does now my comfort &s;pill;</L>
<L>This is a &s;udden and &s;trange Alter<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tion,</L>
<L><HI>that I mu&s;t love him again&s;t my Will.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There was no Swain I cou'd ever admire;</L>
<L>all my delight was to live alone;</L>
<L>Therefore I'll triumph o're e ry de&s;ire,</L>
<L>in love I will not be overthrown:</L>
<L>Let <HI>Cupid</HI> &s;eem to frown and lower,</L>
<L>nay u&s;e his be&s;t and chiefe&s;t skill,</L>
<L>I will endeavour to baffle his power,</L>
<L><HI>why &s;hou'd I love him again&s;t my Will?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But &s;till her Pa&s;&s;ion encrea&s;ed the &s;tronger,</L>
<L>and her Sw&eacute;et Beauty grew pale and wan</L>
<L>So that &s;he could not endure any longer,</L>
<L>but crying out my &s;weet <HI>Corridon,</HI></L>
<L>May e'ry Ble&s;&s;ing now betide thee,</L>
<L>d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t a fainting Lover Kill,</L>
<L>Altho' 'tis true, I have often deny'd thee,</L>
<L><HI>now I mu&s;t love thee again&s;t my will.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If I &s;hall dye for the lo&s;s of my Iewel,</L>
<L>there is none but my &s;elf in blame,</L>
<L>Sith to my <HI>Corridon</HI> I was too cruel,</L>
<L>when like a Captive to me he came</L>
<L>But for this Crime I have repented;</L>
<L>yet remain in &s;orrows &s;till</L>
<L>With &s;ighs and Tears I have often lamented,</L>
<L><HI>now I mu&s;t love him again&s;t my Will.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O that he heard but my &s;orrowful Ditty,</L>
<L>likewi&s;e would come my &s;weet Life to &s;ave</L>
<L>And with true Love and compa&s;&s;ionate pitty,</L>
<L>pardon the frowns which to him I gave;</L>
<L>He could no longer &s;tand to hear her,</L>
<L>but did approach with right good will,</L>
<L>To his fair <HI>Silvia</HI> in order to cheer her</L>
<L><HI>vowing he would be her true love &s;till.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thanks be to <HI>Cupid</HI> that gain'd me thy favour,</L>
<L>my drooping Spirits once more to rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Now do I promi&s;e to Love th&eacute;e for ever,</L>
<L>and in the&s;e Valleys wee'll &s;pend our days,</L>
<L>Can there be any greater ble&s;&s;ing,</L>
<L>my wounded heart with joy to fill,</L>
<L>Then my fair <HI>Silvia,</HI> here to be po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing,</L>
<L><HI>whom I do Love and admire &s;till.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> I. Back, <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t the</HI> Black Boy <HI>near the</HI> draw-bridge <HI>on</HI> London-Bridge.</P>
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