Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)

Sylvia's Complaint, of her Sexes Unhappiness. A Poem.

London

Printed by Richard Baldwin

1692

"His Eyes, which are the windows of his Soul, / With soft and languishing Desires are full."

So I have seen a Maid, Young, Fair, and Chast,
By chance, or else by kind Appointment plac'd,
Close by the side of a Dissembling Youth,
(Sworn Enemy to Constancy and Truth.)
With awful Distance is his first Adress,
Fearing least rudely on her Charms he press;
Till more familiar grown the Spark at last,
Encircles with one Arm her slender Waste,
While t'other hand is honoured with the Bliss,
To grasp her soft Hand, or her softer Knees.
His Eyes, which are the windows of his Soul,
With soft and languishing Desires are full;
Each glance of them Speaks more a Lovers sense,
Than all the Raptures of Lip-Eloquence;
Some little time by these Dumb Signs he speaks,
Till with fain'd Sighs he thus his Silence Breaks.
(pp. 4-5, ll. 81-96)

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Richard Ames, Sylvia's Complaint, of her Sexes Unhappiness. A Poem. Being the Second Part of Sylvia's Revenge, or, a Satyr against Man (London: Printed by Richard Baldwin, 1692). <Link to EEBO>

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