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    Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes;
    But no too humbly, or she will despise
    Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes:
    Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.

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'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

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And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan
A lady fair.
Wha does the utmost that he read more

And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan
A lady fair.
Wha does the utmost that he can
Will whyles do mair.

by Robert Burns Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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'Tis an old lesson; time approves it true,
And those who know it best, deplore it most;
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'Tis an old lesson; time approves it true,
And those who know it best, deplore it most;
When all is won that all desire to woo,
The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.

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He that will win his dame must do
As love does when he draws his bow;
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He that will win his dame must do
As love does when he draws his bow;
With one hand thrust the lady from,
And with the other pull her home.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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Blessed is the wooing
That is not long a-doing.

Blessed is the wooing
That is not long a-doing.

by Richard Eugene Burton Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing.
So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing.
So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

by Richard Harris Barham Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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Better be courted and jilted
Than never be courted at all.

Better be courted and jilted
Than never be courted at all.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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She that with poetry is won,
Is but a desk to write upon;
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She that with poetry is won,
Is but a desk to write upon;
And what men say of her they mean
No more than on the thing they lean.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Wooing Quotes,
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And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.

And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.

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