LOVESDIET.

    TOwhatacumbersomeunwieldiness

    Andburdenouscorpulencemylovehadgrown,

    ButthatIdid,tomakeitless,

    Ainproportion,

    Giveitadiet,madeitfeedupon

    Thatwhichloveworstendures,discretion

    AboveonesighadayIallowdhimnot,

    Ofwhichmyfortune,andmyfaultshadpart;

    Andifsometimesbystealthhegot

    Ashesighfrommymistressheart,

    Andthoughttofeastuponthat,Ilethimsee

    Twasherverysound,ome.

    Ifhewrungfrommeatear,Ibriso

    Withsandshame,thathimitnourishdnot;

    Ifhesuckdhers,Ilethimknow

    Twasnotatearwhichhehadgot;

    Hisdrinkwasterfeit,aswashismeat;

    Foreyes,whichrolltowardsall,weepnot,butsweat.

    WhateverhewoulddictateIwritthat,

    Butburterswhetome;

    Andifthatfavourmadehimfat,

    Isaid,"Ifanytitlebe

    veydbythis,ah!whatdothitavail,

    Tobethefortiethnameiail?"

    ThusIreclaimdmybuzzardlove,tofly

    Atwhat,andwhen,andhow,andwhereIchoose.

    NownegligentofsportsIlie,

    Andnow,asotherfalersuse,

    Ispringamistress,swear,write,sigh,andweep;

    Andthegamekilld,orlost,gotalkorsleep.

    THEWILL.

    BEFOREIsighmylastgasp,letmebreathe,

    GreatLove,somelegacies;Iherebequeath

    Mius,ifmineeyessee;

    Iftheybeblind,then,Love,Igivethemthee;

    MytooFame;toambassadorsmineears;

    Towomen,orthesea,mytears;

    Thou,Love,hasttaughtmeheretofore

    Bymakingmeserveherwho