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AYLMER’S FIELD.
Or made occasion, being strictly watch'd,Charm'd him thro' every labyrinth till he sawAn end, a hope, a light breaking upon him.
 But they that cast her spirit into flesh,Her worldly-wise begetters, plagued themselvesTo sell her, those good parents, for her good.Whatever eldest-born of rank or wealthMight lie within their compass, him they luredInto their net made pleasant by the baitsOf gold and beauty, wooing him to woo.So month by month the noise about their doors,And distant blaze of those dull banquets, madeThe nightly wirer of their innocent hareFalter before he took it. All in vain.Sullen, defiant, pitying, wroth, return'dLeolin's rejected rivals from their suitSo often, that the folly taking wingsSlipt o'er those lazy limits down the windWith rumour, and became in other fields
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