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 Now, Lubin was a modest swain, And therefore, treated with disdain : For, it is said, in Love and War,— The boldest, most successful are!

Vows, were to him but fairy things Borne on capricious Fancy's wings; And promises, the Phantom's Airy Which falsehood form'd to cheat th' unwary; For still deception was his trade, And though his traffic well was known, Still, every trophy was his own
 * Which the proud Victor, Love, display'd.

In short, this was the bane Of ev'ry maid,—and ev'ry swain!

had too often play'd the fool,
 * And now, at length, was caught;

For she, who had been pleas'd to rule,