To the Same. On her pleading want of Time. George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.002 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 61-62. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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To the Same . On her pleading want of Time . I. ON Thames's bank , a gentle youth For LUCY sigh'd with matchless truth , Ev'n when he sigh'd in rhyme ; The lovely maid his flame return'd , And wou'd with equal warmth have burn'd , But that she had not Time . II . Oft he repair'd with eager feet In secret shades this fair to meet Beneath th' accustom'd lyme ; She would have fondly met him there , And heal'd with love each tender care , But that she had not Time . IV . " It was not thus , inconstant maid , " You acted once ( the shepherd said ) " When love was in its prime : She griev'd to hear him thus complain , And would have writ to ease his pain , But that she had not Time . IV . How can you act so cold a part ? No crime of mine has chang'd your heart , If Love be not a crime . — We soon must part for months , for years — She would have answer'd with her tears , But that she had not Time .