"CLOE, dear JACK, that once victorious Name, CLOE, the Object of my raging Flame, Whom I did more than Life or Friendship prize, In Fleetstreet now a common strumpet plies, Turns up to ev’ry Puppy in the Town, And claps the Temple Rake for half a Crown."
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"Catullus Imitated", in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd ed. (1723), p. 35, adapting ep. 58
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Nicholas Amhurst
Nicholas Amhurst (16 October 1697 – 27 April 1742) was an English poet and political writer.
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