Streams from Helicon Or, Poems On Various Subjects. In Three Parts. By Alexander Pennecuik ... The Second Edition. Enter'd in Stationer's Hall |
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Mournful Corisca knew not what to do;
Loth to refuse, and loth to make the Vow;
She did the last as safest of the two.
Parents, she says, 'tis you that gave me Life,
Till you Consent, I ne'er shall be a Wife.
Hear me ye Heav'ns, I make this sacred Vow,
To Marry as my Parents shall allow.
But Maidens Vows are Wind, and nothing else:
And this the sequel of my Story tells.
Loth to refuse, and loth to make the Vow;
She did the last as safest of the two.
Parents, she says, 'tis you that gave me Life,
Till you Consent, I ne'er shall be a Wife.
Hear me ye Heav'ns, I make this sacred Vow,
To Marry as my Parents shall allow.
But Maidens Vows are Wind, and nothing else:
And this the sequel of my Story tells.
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