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S. ECHO, I ween, will in the woods reply, And quaintly answer questions: shall I try? E. Try. S. What must we do our passion to express? E. Press. S. How shall I please her who ne'er lov'd before? E. Before. S. What most moves women when we them address? E. A dress. S. Say, what can keep her chaste, whom I adore? E. A door. S. If musick softens rocks, love tunes my lyre. E. Lyar. S. Then teach me, Echo, how shall I come by her? E. Buy her. S. When bought, no question, I shall be her dear? E. Her deer.