J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Mrs. Taylor (c. 1685)Song: Strephon hath fashion, wit, and youth
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With all things else that please;
He nothing wants but Love and Truth
To ruin me with ease.
To kindle fierce desire,
Whose pow’r enflames another’s heart,
And he ne’re feels the fire.
When I his charms recall,
To think he shou’d despise our sex;
Or, what ’s worse love ’em all.
In vain has sought for rest,
Finding no hope to fix my love,
Returns into my breast.