The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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_Wood._ She can have none: There's not room enough for a thought to
play in. _Trick._ I think indeed I may safely trust you with such charms; and you have pleased me with your description of her. _Wood._ I wish you would give me leave to please you better. But you transact as gravely with me as a Spaniard; and are losing love, as he does Flanders: you consider and demur, when the monarch is up in arms, and at your gates[6]. _Trick._ But to yield upon the first summons, ere you have laid a formal siege--To-morrow may prove a luckier day to you. _Wood._ Believe me, madam, lovers are not to trust to-morrow. Love may die upon our hands, or opportunity be wanting; 'tis best securing the present hour. _Trick._ No, love's like fruit; it must have time to ripen on the tree; if it be green gathered, 'twill but wither afterwards. _Wood._ Rather 'tis like gun powder; that which fires quickest, is commonly the strongest.--By this burning kiss-- _Trick._ You lovers are such froward children, ever crying for the breast; and, when you have once had it, fall fast asleep in the nurse's arms. And with what face should I look upon my keeper after it? _Wood._ With the same face that all mistresses look upon theirs. Come, |
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