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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 39. WON BY SUBTILTY by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: LIFE AND A DEARER MISTRESS IS THE PRIZE
Last Line: AND A GOLD PIPPIN WINS A MAIDENHEAD.
Subject(s): ATALANTA; COURTSHIP; HIPPOMENES (MYTHOLOGY); RACING;
LIFE and a dearer mistress is the prize,
For the swift fair had run great numbers dead.
Hippomenes ventures, bribes her covetous eyes,
And a gold pippin wins a maidenhead.



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