A pastoral dialogue between Alexis and Strephon written by the right honourable the late Earl of Rochester, at the bath, 1674. Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680. 1682 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A91911 Wing R1752 ESTC R182834 42475154 ocm 42475154 151310 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Pastoral Dialogue BETWEEN ALEXIS and STREPHON , Written by the Right Honourable , The Late Earl of Rochester . At the BATH , 1674. Alex. I. THere sighs not on the Plain So lost a Swain as I ; Scorcht't up with Love , frozen with Disdain . Of killing Sweetness I complain . Streph. If 't is Corinna , die . II. Since first my dazled Eyes were thrown On that bewitching Face , Like ruin'd Birds , rob'd of their Young , Lamenting , frighted , and alone , I fly from place to place . III. Fram'd by some Cruel Powers above , So nice she is , and fair ; None from undoing can remove , Since all , who are not Blind , must Love ; Who are not vain , Despair . Alex. IV. The Gods no sooner give a Grace , But fond of their own Art , Severely jealous , ever place To guard the Glories of a Face , A Dragon in the Heart . V. Proud and ill-natur'd Powers they are , Who peevish to Mankind , For their own Honour's sake , with Care , Make a sweet Form divinely Fair , And adds a Cruel Mind . Streph. VI. Since she 's insensible of Love , By Honour taught to hate , If we , forc'd by Decrees above , Must sensible to Beauty prove , How Tyrannous is Fate ? Alex. VII . I to the Nymph have never nam'd The Cause of all my pain . Streph. Such Bashfulness may well be blam'd ; For since to serve we 're not asham'd , Why should she blush to Reign ? Alex. VIII . But if her haughty Heart despise My humble proffer'd One , The just Compassion she denies , I may obtain from other's Eyes ; Hers are not Fair alone . IX . Devouring Flames require new Food ; My Heart 's consum'd almost : New Fires must kindle in her Blood , Or Mine go out , and that 's as good . Streph. Would'st live , when Love is lost ? X. Be dead before thy Passion dies ; For if thou should'st survive , What Anguish would the Heart surprize , To see her Flames begin to rise , And Thine no more Alive . Alex. XI . Rather what Pleasure shou'd I meet In my Tryumphant scorn , To see my Tyrant at my Feet ; Whil'st taught by her , unmov'd I sit A Tyrant in my Turn . Streph. XII . Ungentle Shepherd , cease for shame ; Which way can you pretend To merit so Divine a Flame , Who to dull Life makes a mean Claim , When Love is at an End ? XIII . As Trees are by their Bark embrac'd , Love to my Soul doth cling ; When torn by th' Herd's greedy Taste , The injur'd Plants feel they 're defac't , They wither in the Spring . XIV . My rifled Love would soon retire , Dissolving into Aire , Shou'd I that Nymph cease to admire , Blest in whose Arms I will expire , Or at her Feet despair . LONDON ▪ 〈…〉