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English poem

Lyce

by (1688–1744)

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Go, said Old Lyce, senseless Lover, go, And with soft Verses court the Fair; but know, With all thy Verses thou canst get no more Than Fools without one Verse have had before. Moved at this, upon the Bawd I flew; But that which most enrag'd me was, 'twas true,