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these loves who but for passion looks,

At this first sight here let him lay them by,

And seek elsewhere in turning other books,

Which better may his labour satisfy.

No far-fetched sigh shall ever wound my breast;

Love from mine eye a tear shall never wring;

Nor in "Ah me's!" my whining sonnets drest,

A libertine fantasticly I sing.

My verse is the time image of my mind,

Ever in motion, still desiring change;

To choice of all variety inclined,

And in all humours sportively I range.

My muse is rightly of the English strain,

That cannot long one fashion entertain.