On her Loving Two Equally

Aphra Behn

1640 to 1689

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Damon gains nothing but my scorn.
Damon had ne'er subdued my heart
But which, O Cupid, wilt thou take?
This restless fever in my blood;
One golden-pointed dart take back:
How strong does my passion flow,
Divided equally twixt two?
If Damon's, all my hopes are crossed;
Had not Alexis took his part;
But if it chance they both are by,
Then I for Damon sigh and mourn;
I
III
For both alike I languish, sigh, and die.
II
But when Alexis I do miss,
Cure then, thou might wing'd god,
Without my Damon's aid, to gain my love.
When my Alexis present is,
Or that of my Alexis, I am lost.
Nor could Alexis powerful prove,