William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
To MiraGeorge Granville, Lord Lansdowne (16661735)
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To vex a tender heart?
To gold and title you relent;
Love throws in vain his dart.
For pay let armies move:
Beauty should have no other bait
But gentle vows and love.
The value that’s their due,
Kings are themselves too poor to pay,
A thousand worlds too few:
Without disguise or art,
Ah, Mira, if true love’s your price
Behold it in my heart.