Several Questions Answered

XVII

1
[Eternity]

HE who bends to himself a Joy

Doth the wingèd life destroy;

But he who kisses the Joy as it flies

Lives in Eternity’s sunrise.

The look of love alarms,

Because it’s fill’d with fire;

But the look of soft deceit

Shall win the lover’s hire.

Soft deceit and idleness,

These are Beauty’s sweetest dress.

4
[The Question answered]

What is it men in women do require?

The lineaments of gratified desire.

What is it women do in men require?

The lineaments of gratified desire.

5
An ancient Proverb

Remove away that black’ning church,

Remove away that marriage hearse,

Remove away that man of blood—

You’ll quite remove the ancient curse.