Others false Tongues can you believe,
Yet not my truer speaking Eyes?
Mens Tongues Love teaches to deceive,
But with his Looks no Lover lies.

The less I boast my real Flame,
The more my Passion's Truth bespeaks;
Not what the Tongue, but Eyes proclaim,
Love's Infidel a Convert makes.

For Lovers, like professing Friends,
Are more believ'd, the less they say;
Who more our artful Speeches minds
Than Looks, does her own Faith betray.

Believe not my loud Rivals then,
Whilst they to thee such Love profess;
True Love is, like true Courage, seen,
But more as we pretend t' it less.