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THE SUPPLIANT.
“I TAKE thy gift, and hear thy vow,”
Cry'd Cupid, as he bent his bow;
“And soon thy charming foe shall find
“We are not, as she thinks us, blind.”
Cry'd Cupid, as he bent his bow;
“And soon thy charming foe shall find
“We are not, as she thinks us, blind.”
“Alas!” the suppliant Youth reply'd,
“She's guarded by a host of Pride;
“And Avarice, who never sleeps,
“The watch and ward continual keeps.
“She's guarded by a host of Pride;
“And Avarice, who never sleeps,
“The watch and ward continual keeps.
“I weep to think thy golden dart
“Can never reach her frozen heart:
“Or, if it should, the flames that play
“Around its point, would die away.”
“Can never reach her frozen heart:
“Or, if it should, the flames that play
“Around its point, would die away.”
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“If open force will not succeed,”
Return'd the God, “we must proceed
“By stratagem:—from Fortune's wheel
“We'll take our aim, and make her feel.
Return'd the God, “we must proceed
“By stratagem:—from Fortune's wheel
“We'll take our aim, and make her feel.
“From thence the feather'd shaft shall fly,
“And, haply, strike upon her eye:
“By random shots some hearts are won:
“For Beauty's Queen assists her son.
“And, haply, strike upon her eye:
“By random shots some hearts are won:
“For Beauty's Queen assists her son.
“Report shall whisper in her ear
“Hopes of some thousand pounds a-year.
“Two of the sentinels our own!
“Courage! my boy—we'll take the town.”
“Hopes of some thousand pounds a-year.
“Two of the sentinels our own!
“Courage! my boy—we'll take the town.”
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