| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Sir George Etherege. 1635–1691 |
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| 404. Song |
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| LADIES, though to your conquering eyes | |
| Love owes his chiefest victories, | |
| And borrows those bright arms from you | |
| With which he does the world subdue, | |
| Yet you yourselves are not above | 5 |
| The empire nor the griefs of love. | |
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| Then rack not lovers with disdain, | |
| Lest Love on you revenge their pain: | |
| You are not free because you're fair: | |
| The Boy did not his Mother spare. | 10 |
| Beauty 's but an offensive dart: | |
| It is no armour for the heart. | |
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