Have I o'ercome all real foes,

And fhall this phantom me oppose ?

Noify nothing, ftalking fhade,
By what witchcraft wert thou made?
Empty caufe of folid harms!

But I fhall find out counter charms,
Thy airy devilship to remove

From this circle here of love.

Sure I fhall rid myself of thee

By the night's obfcurity,
And obfcurer fecrecy.

Unlike to every other fpright,
Thou attempt'it not men t'affright,

Nor appear'ft, but in the light.

COWLEY.

"T. That foolish fort, a heart,

IS now fince I fat down before

(Time ftrangely spent) a year and more, And still I did my part.

Made

Made my approaches, from her hand
Unto her lip did rise,

And did already understand

The language of her eyes.

Proceeded on with no less art,
My tongue was engineer;

I thought to undermine the heart
By whispering in the ear.

When this did nothing, I brought down
Great cannon oaths, and fhot
A thousand thousand to the town,
And still it yielded not.

I then refolv'd to starve the place
By cutting off all kiffes,
Praising and gazing on her face,
And all fuch little bliffes.

To draw her out and from her ftrength,
I drew all batteries in ;

And brought myself to lie at length

As if no fiege had been,

When I had done what man could do,
And thought the place my own,

The enemy lay quiet too,

And fmil'd at all was done.

I fent to know from whence and where,
Thefe hopes, and this relief;
A fpy inform'd, Honour was there,
And did command in chief.

March, march, (quoth I) the word straight give,

Let's lofe no time, but leave her;

That giant upon air will live,

And hold it out forever.

To fuch a place our camp remove
As will no fiege abide :

I hate a fool that ftarves her love

Only to feed her pride.

SUCKLING.

PURSUING beauty, men defery

The distant shore, and long to prove

(Still richer in variety)

The treasures of the land of love.

We women like weak Indians ftand,
Inviting from our golden coaft
The wand'ring rovers to our land;

But the who trades with them is loft.

With humble vows they firft begin,
Stealing unfeen into the heart;
But by poffeffion fettled in,

They quickly act another part.

For beads and baubles we refign
In ignorance our shining store;
Discover nature's richest mine,

will have more,

And yet the tyrants

R 2

Be

Be wife, be wife, and do not try

How he can court, or you be won;

For love is but difcovery;

When that is made, the pleafure's done.

TELLA and FLAVIA every hour

STELL

Do various hearts furprize;

In STELLA's foul is all her power,

And FLAVIA's in her eyes.

More boundlefs FLAVIA's conquefts are,

And STELLA's more confin'd;

All can difcern a face that's fair,
But few a heavenly mind.

STELLA, like Britain's monarch reigns
O'er cultivated lands;

Like eastern tyrants FLAVIA deigns

To rule o'er barren fands.

Then