| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | To Chloe | | By John Oldmixon (1673–1742) |
| | | PRITHEE, Chloe, not so fast, | |
| Let’s not run and wed in haste; | |
| We’ve a thousand things to do; | |
| You must fly and I pursue, | |
| You must frown and I must sigh, | 5 |
| I entreat and you deny. | |
| Stay—if I am never crost, | |
| Half the pleasure will be lost. | |
| Be, or seem to be, severe; | |
| Give me reason to despair: | 10 |
| Fondness will my wishes cloy, | |
| Make me careless of the joy. | |
| Lovers may of course complain | |
| Of their trouble and their pain, | |
| But, if pain and trouble cease, | 15 |
| Love without it will not please. | | | | |
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