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Where hands are by stern Parents tied, Who oft, in Cupid's scorn. Do for the widowed state provide, Before that Love is born:

Where some too soon themselves misplace, And in another find The only temper, wit, or face, That could affect their mind. Others (but O avert that fate!) A well-chosen Object change: Fly, Silvia, fly, ere 'tis too late; Fallen nature's prone to range.

And though in heat of Love we swear More than perform we can; No Goddess you, but Woman are, And I no more than Man. Rh