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Tixall Poetry.
Nor trouble the fates, but will give my selfe ease,
And be happy in spite of them all.
I will have my Phillis, if I once goe about her,
But if I have not, I am better without her.
And be happy in spite of them all.
I will have my Phillis, if I once goe about her,
But if I have not, I am better without her.
Yet if she prove vertuous, oblidging, and kind,
I then may vouchsafe for to love her;
But if pride or unconstancy in her I find,
I'de have her to know I'm above her:
For at length I have learnt, since my Phillis is gon
To love if I please, or to let it alone.
I then may vouchsafe for to love her;
But if pride or unconstancy in her I find,
I'de have her to know I'm above her:
For at length I have learnt, since my Phillis is gon
To love if I please, or to let it alone.
XXXIX.
The Pleasures of Madness.
There can bee no glad man, compar'd to the mad
His breast is still empty of care;
His fits and his fancyes are above all mischances,
And mirth is his ordinary fare.
His breast is still empty of care;
His fits and his fancyes are above all mischances,
And mirth is his ordinary fare.
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