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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 31. 'TIS YIELDING GAINS THE LOVER VICTORY by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: THE YIELDING ROD, MANAGED BY COOPER'S TRADE
Last Line: BEND TO HER HUMOUR WITH A PLIANT MIND.
Subject(s): COOPERS & COOPERING; LOVE;
THE yielding Rod, managed by cooper's trade,
In close embraces does the vessel bind:
Wouldst thou hoop in the weaker vessel, Maid,
Bend to her humour with a pliant mind.



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