Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning? <br />Parrots so can learn to prate, our speech by pieces gleaning; <br />Nurses teach their children so about the time of weaning. <br /> <br />Learn to speak first, then to woo; to wooing much pertaineth: <br />He that courts us, wanting art, soon falters when he feigneth, <br />Looks asquint on his discourse, and smiles when he complaineth. <br /> <br />Skillful anglers hide their hooks, fit baits for every season; <br />But with crooked pins fish thou, as babes do that want reason: <br />Gudgeons only can be caught with such poor tricks of treason. <br /> <br />Ruth forgive me, if I erred from humane heart's compassion, <br />When I laughed sometimes too much to see thy foolish fashion: <br />But, alas, who less could do that found so good occasion?<br /><br />Thomas Campion<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/think-st-thou-to-seduce-me-then/
