Loves Witness
Slight unpremeditated Words are borne
By every common Wind into the Air;
Carelessly utter’d,die as soon as born,
And in one instant give both Hope and Fear:
Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind
According to the Caprice of the Mind.
But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses,
Substantial Records to Eternity;
Just Evidences,who the Truth confess,
On which the Lover safely may rely;
They ’re serious THUOghts,digested and resolv’d;
And last,when Words are into Clouds devolv’d.