 | The Second Part of Original Poems |  |
10
The Declaimer.
I
Woman! thoughtless, giddy Creature,Laughing, idle, flutt'ring thing:
Most uncertain Work of Nature,
Still, like Fancy, on the Wing.
II
Slave to ev'ry changing Passion,Loving, hating, in extream:
Fond of ev'ry foolish Fashion,
And, at best, a pleasing Dream.
III
Lovely-Trifle! dear-Illusion!Conquering-Weakness! wisht-for-Pain!
Man's chief Glory, and Confusion,
Of all Vanity most vain!
11
IV
Thus, deriding Beauty's Power,Bevil call'd it all a Cheat;
But in less than half an Hour
Kneel'd, and whin'd, at Celia's Feet.
| The Second Part of Original Poems | |