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The faithful young man & constant maid; or, The unexpressable love between sweet William and fair Elenor To the tune of, The plowman's health. This may be printed. R.P.
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1685-1688
(1688)
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Wing F292; ESTC R227159
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The Faithful Young Man Constant Maid OR The Unexpressable Love between sweet WILLIAM and fair ELENOR To the Tune of The Plowman's Health This may be Printed R. P. WE will leave all the thoughts of the world for a while and in this sweet Grove an hour beguile We will ever resolve to be constant and true And Innocent Ioys we will now renew To my Fair pretty Elinor faithful I 'le prove If beauteous young Elinor me will love To my fair pretty Elenor faithful I 'le prove if c. I will love my sweet William above all mankind And ever be true and at all times kind All young Lovers hereafter shall learn by us two To be always constant and always true No Fortune shall make me from thee er'e depart And to my sweet William I 'le give my Heart No Fortune shall make me from thee e're depart And c. No Youth to a Beauty more constant shall be Then I will be always fair maid to thee No Fortune or Fate shall extinguish this Fire Nor no other Beauty create desire 'T is only fair Elenor that I will love And ever to her will I constant prove 'T is only fair Elenor that I will love and ever c. When Marriage shall bring me into thy soft Arms How happy shall I be in thy charms How happy each day and how happy each night The day bringing Pleasure the night Delight I shall then be happy all days of my Life Possessing all Ioys in a vertuous Wife I shall then be happy all dayes of my Life Possessing c. We wil leave this leud World to it's wretched Estate And now we will love before 't is too sare Each Grove and each Fountain a witness shall prove How dearly wee 'l live and how well wee 'l Love The Pleasures of Lovers we here shall obtain And after we shall in Elysium reign The Pleasures of Lovers we here shall obtain And c. If lovely fair Maids will resolve to be coy They loose those sweet minutes they might enjoy If Beauty to Beauty will only be kind Young Maids to themselves must be then confin'd And Lovers but vainly those Beauties doe serve But Maidens may give what Men don't deserve And Lovers but vainly those Beauties do serve But c. Then let us enjoy while our Passions are strong A minutes delay will appear too long Though Beauty is lovely and always does please 'T is kindness that only can Flames appease 'T is kindness that always creates a desire And is the sweet Fewel to Cupids Fire 'T is kindness that always creates a desire And c. Fair Elenor thus let us Pleasures pursue And let us like Turtles be ever true That young Men Maidens our praise may proclaim And by our example may live in Fame That Ages hereafter may learn for to prove More true and more constant and always Love That Ages hereafter may learn to prove More True and Constant and always Love Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy near the Draw-Bridge on London-Bridge