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AN EXPOSTULATION WITH LOVE by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: THY LAWS ARE MOST SEVERE, OH WINGED BOY
Last Line: THAT WHERE WE LOVE, WE MAY AN EQUAL PASSION MEET.
Subject(s): LOVE;
THY laws are most severe, oh Winged Boy!
For us to love, and not enjoy:
What reason is't we should this pain abide?
If love we must, you might provide,
Either that our affections we restrain,
From her we're sure to love in vain:

Or after our desires so guide our feet,
That where we love, we may an equal passion meet.



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