Richard Lovelace Poems

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71.
The Scrutinie. Song

I.
Why shouldst thou sweare I am forsworn,
Since thine I vow'd to be?
Lady, it is already Morn,
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72.
A Mock Charon. Dialogue

CHA. W.

W. Charon! thou slave! thou fooll! thou cavaleer!
CHA. A slave! a fool! what traitor's voice I hear?
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73.
A Dialogue Betwixt Cordanus And Amoret, On A Lost Heart

Cord. Distressed pilgrim, whose dark clouded eyes
Speak thee a martyr to love's cruelties,
Whither away?
Amor. What pitying voice I hear,
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74.
Love Inthron'D. Ode

I.
Introth, I do my self perswade,
That the wilde boy is grown a man,
And all his childishnesse off laid,
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75.
La Bella Bona Roba. To My Lady H. Ode

I.
Tell me, ye subtill judges in loves treasury,
Inform me, which hath most inricht mine eye,
This diamonds greatnes, or its clarity?
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76.
To Amarantha; That She Would Dishevell Her Haire

I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
Ah brade no more that shining haire!
As my curious hand or eye,
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77.
The Lady A. L. My Asylum In A Great Exteremity.

With that delight the Royal captiv's brought
Before the throne, to breath his farewell thought,
To tel his last tale, and so end with it,
Which gladly he esteemes a benefit;
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Sir, your sad absence I complain, as earth
Her long-hid spring, that gave her verdures birth,
Who now her cheerful aromatick head
Shrinks in her cold and dismal widow'd bed;
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79.
The Vintage To The Dungeon. A Song

I.
Sing out, pent soules, sing cheerefully!
Care shackles you in liberty:
Mirth frees you in captivity.
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80.
To Ellinda Upon His Late Recovery. A Paradox

I.
How I grieve that I am well!
All my health was in my sicknes,
Go then, Destiny, and tell,
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