Why, having won her, do I woo; Because her spirit's vestal grace; Provokes me always to pursue, But, spirit-like, eludes embrace.
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I saw you take his kiss 'Tis true. O modesty 'Twas strictly kept He thought me asleep at least, I knew He thought I thought he thought I slept.
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