A Farewell to Worldly Joys
Farewel to Unsubstantial Joyes.
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
for when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithica's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy rye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
for when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithica's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy rye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.
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