Living
Ausonit Epigram 38.
Living
SHee which would not I would choose:
Shee which would I would refuse.
Venus could my mind but tame;
But not satisfie the same.
Inticements offer'd I despise,
And deny'd I slightly prize.
I would neither glut my mind,
Nor yet too much torment find.
Twice girt Diana doth not take mee,
Nor Venus naked joyfull make mee.
The first no pleasure hath to joy mee,
And the last enough to cloy mee.
But a crafty we…ch I'de have
That can sell the act I crave.
And joyne at once in me these two,
I will, and yet I will not doe.
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Randolph, Thomas. “Ausonit Epigram 38.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/34/.
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Randolph, Thomas. “Ausonit Epigram 38.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/34/.
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