<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457221" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The New Year's Gift To Phyllis</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The circling months begin this day <br>To run their yearly ring, <br>And long-breathed time, which ne'er will stay, <br>Refits his wings and shoots away, <br>It round again to bring.<br>Who feels the force of female eyes <br>And thinks some nymph divine, <br>Now brings his annual sacrifice, <br>Some pretty toy or neat device <br>To offer at her shrine.<br>But I can pay no offering <br>To show how I adore, <br>Since I have but a heart to bring — <br>A downright foolish, faithful thing, <br>And that you had before.<br>Yet we may give, for custom sake, <br>What will to both be new: <br>My constancy a gift I'll make <br>And in return of it will take <br>Some levity from you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Matthew+Prior">Matthew Prior</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457221" data-title="The New Year's Gift To Phyllis de Matthew Prior" data-description="The circling months begin this day To run their yearly ring, And long-breathed time, which ne'er will stay, Refits his wings and shoots away, It round again to bring. Who feels the force of female eyes And thinks some nymph divine, Now bring..."></div> </div> </div>

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