[15] Old ed. "had had hastn'ed."
[16] There are some verses in Thomas Flatman's Songs and Poems, 1674, which suggested, or were suggested by, the present poem. They run thus:—
The Slight.
I did but crave that I might kiss,
If not her lip, at least her hand,
The coolest lover's frequent bliss;
And rude is she that will withstand
That inoffensive liberty:
She (would you think it?) in a fume
Turn'd her about and left the room:
"Not she!" she vowed, "not she!"
"Well, Charissa," then said I,
"If it must thus for ever be,
I can renounce my slavery
And, since you will not, can be free."
Many a time she made me die,
Yet (would you think it?) I loved the more:
But I'll not take 't as heretofore,
Not I, I'll vow, not I.
"The Resolution" is far the better poem.
[17] Quite in Mr. Browning's vein this expression, "Put case that."
[18] The Windsor Drollery, 1672, has a similar copy of verses:—
I'd have you, quoth he?
Would you have me? quoth she;
O where, sir?
In my chamber, quoth he.
In your chamber? quoth she;
Why there, sir?
To kiss you, quoth he.
To kiss me? quoth she;
O why, sir?