Ah! what can mean that eager joy
Aphra Behn
1640 to 1689
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In all that's charming, all that's dear.
But, shepherd, see it kindly used:
At your approach my blushes rise,
Ah! what can mean that eager joy
And I with blushes own I feel
As it would prattle stories there.
Take, take that heart that needs must go
Ah, Strephon! you my thoughts employ
My wounded soul mounts to my eyes,
For who such presents will bestow,
A softness does invade each part,
If this, alas! should be abused?
And I at once both wish and fear;
When you your pleasing story tell,
Transports my heart when you appear?
Something too tender at my heart.
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