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Vermeer. A Lady and Two Gentlemen, c1659.
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On her Loving Two Equally.
Set by Mr. Pack.
I
HOW strongly does my Passion flow,
Divided equally 'twixt two?
Damon had ne'er subdued my Heart,
Had not Alexis took his part;
Nor could Alexis powerful prove,
Without my Damons Aid, to gain my Love.
II
When my Alexis present is,
Then I for Damon sigh and mourn;
But when Alexis I do miss,
Damon gains nothing but my Scorn.
But if it chance they both are by,
For both alike I languish, sigh, and die.
III
Cure then, thou mighty winged God,
This restless feaver in my blood;
One Golden-Pointed Dart take back:
But which, O Cupid, wilt thou take?
If Damons, all my Hopes are crossed;
Or that of my Alexis, I am lost.
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Source:
The Works of Aphra Behn. Vol. VI. Montague Summers, Ed.
London: William Heinemann, 1915. 189-190.
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