TO CHLORIS: 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. 185-186. [16],207,[1]p.

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TO CHLORIS : A SONG . I. CHloris , for fear you should think to deceive me , Know all my Life I have studied your kind , Learn'd in your Grammar , I'd have you believe me , And all your Tricks in my Practice you'll find ; Ogling and Glances , Sighs and Advances , Poor Country Cully no more shall ensnare : Pantings and Tremblings , Fits and Dissemblings , Now you must leave , and Intrigue on the Square . II . Give me the Girl that's good natur'd and Witty , Whose pleasant Talk can her Friend entertain , One who's not Proud , if you tell her she's Pretty ; And yet enough to be Honest and Clean . Pox on Town Cheatings , Jilts and Cognettings ; I my Dear Chloris , will bring up by hand : Tears and Complainings , Breed but Disdainings , Those still Love best that are under Command .