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Familiar letters and poems on several occasions

By Mary Masters

Masters, Mary (ca. 1706-ca. 1759)

Familiar Letters, &c.

[To wear away Time as we can, we full oft]

[O wou'd the Free-born Maids together join]

[Fear not my Genius to unfold]

[Fear not, Maria, to display]

[But this is the Effect of present Grief]

[That some there are, who regularly move]

[Though I feel no youthful Fires]

[An active Mind, and Spirits gay]

On Good Friday.

Another Passage from Petrarch.

[A shining Treasure from the World conceal'd]

[Had, hitherto, escap'd those Darts]

[Ye lovely Nymphs of Britain's beauteous Race]

[For early will the treach'rous Tempters come]

[For though fond Hope our Wishes oft deceives]

[Pride, that imperious Fiend too well I know]

[A Love which greater Transports can impart]

POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

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[Though I feel no youthful Fires]

Though I feel no youthful Fires
Blooming Hopes nor gay Desires,
Such as Venus' Son inspires,
Yet I have a Heart and Mind,
Softest of the softest Kind:
Friendly to a Lover's Cause,
Virtuous Love deserves Applause.
Pleasure in my Bosom springs,
When I read of tender Things:
Pity sighs, when Sighs reveal
Wants and Woes which others feel:
If in Tears their Sorrows flow,
Tears my kindred Sorrows show.

Though I feel no am'rous Fires,
Such as Venus' Son inspires,
True it is, I daily prove,
All my melting Soul is Love.