Abraham Cowley

“ Greater conquests to find out,
She beat out Susan by the bye.
But in her place I then obey'd
Black-ey'd Besse, her viceroy-maid;
To whom ensu'd a vacancy:
Thousand worse passions then possest
The interregnum of my breast. ”

“ The powder, patches, and the pins,
The ribbons, jewels, and the rings,
The lace, the paint, and warlike things,
That make up all their magazines;
If I should tell the politick arts
To take and keep mens hearts ”