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WHEN Aurelia first became
The Mistress of his heart,
So milde and gentle was her reign,
Thirsis in hers had part.

Reserves and care he laid a side,
And gave his Love the Reins;
The headlong course he now must bide,
No other way remains.

At first her cruelty he fear'd,
But that being overcome,
No second for a while appear'd,
And he thought all his own:

He call'd himself a happier …
Then ever lov'd before;
Her favours still his hopes out-ran;
What Mortal can have more?

Love smil'd at first, then looking gra…
Said, Thirsis leave to boast;
More joy then all her kindness gave,
Her fickleness will cost.

He …poke, and from that fatal time,
All Thirsis did, or said,
Appear'd unwelcome, or a crime,
To the ungrateful Maid.

Then he despairing of her heart,
Would fain have had his own
Love answered, such a Nymph could part
With nothing she had won▪