Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir George Etherege. 16351691404. Song
LADIES, though to your conquering eyes | |
Love owes his chiefest victories, | |
And borrows those bright arms from you | |
With which he does the world subdue, | |
Yet you yourselves are not above | 5 |
The empire nor the griefs of love. | |
Then rack not lovers with disdain, | |
Lest Love on you revenge their pain: | |
You are not free because you’re fair: | |
The Boy did not his Mother spare. | 10 |
Beauty ‘s but an offensive dart: | |
It is no armour for the heart. |