Pious Selinda goes to Pray’rs, If I but ask the Favour; And… - William Congreve

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Pious Selinda goes to Pray’rs, If I but ask the Favour;
And yet the tender Fool’s in Tears, When she believes I’ll leave her.Wou’d I were free from Restraint, Or else had Hopes to win her;
Wou’d she cou’d make of me a Saint, Or I of her a Sinner.

William Congreve

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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.

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