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John Gay

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

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"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

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"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."

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