Fate holds the strings, and men like children move
But as they're led: success is from above.
The kiss you take, is paid by that you give:
The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.
Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give,
And study how to die, not how to live.
Beauty by no complexion is defin'd,
Is of all colours, and to none confin'd.
Youth is the proper time for love,
And age is virtue's season.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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