Reciprocal

Reciprocal

MY mistress,where sits she?

What is it that charms?

The absent she’s rocking,

Held fast in her arms.

In pretty cage prison’d

She holds a bird still;

Yet lets him fly from her,

Whenever he will.

He pecks at her finger,

And pecks at her lips,

And hovers[221]and flutters，

And round her he skips.

Then hasten thou homeward,

In fashion to be;

If thou hast the maiden,

She also hath thee.

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