A SONG. Thomas D'Urfey 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. R17889 D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. New poems, consisting of satyrs, elegies, and odes together with a choice collection of the newest court songs set to musick by the best masters of the age / all written by Mr. D'Urfey. London Printed for J. Bullord ... and A. Roper ... 1690 pp. 138-139. [16],207,[1]p.

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A SONG . I. FOrc'd by a Cruel lawless Fate , I lov'd a Nymph with Passion , But found alas , I came too late To sway her Inclination ; Her Heart was given a Coxcomb's Fee , Whose face had introduc'd him , Though not one grain of Sense had he , To know how well she us'd him . II . I try'd if worth could make her kind , And hourly made advances ; But who can e'er the Charm unbind , In Womens stubborn Fancies : I calmly did her foible shew , Where e'er he came , abus'd him : I call'd him Fool , I prov'd him so , Yet she the better us'd him . III . I hate , she cry'd , your God of Wit , Our Sex should all oppose him ; 'Tis he that Charms my Appetite , Shall sleep upon my Bosom : This senseless stuff my love withdrew , And cur'd my Melancholly ; I kick'd her brute , then bid adieu To every Female folly .