The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
The Messenger.
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The Messenger.
Go, happy paper! gently steal,
And, soft, beneath her pillow, lie:
There, in a dream, my love reveal,
A love, that awe must, else, conceal,
In silent doubt, to die.
And, soft, beneath her pillow, lie:
There, in a dream, my love reveal,
A love, that awe must, else, conceal,
In silent doubt, to die.
Should she, to flames, thy hope consign,
Thy suff'ring moment soon expires;
A longer pain, alas! is mine,
Condemn'd, in endless woe, to pine,
And feel unslack'ning fires.
Thy suff'ring moment soon expires;
A longer pain, alas! is mine,
Condemn'd, in endless woe, to pine,
And feel unslack'ning fires.
But, if inclin'd to hear, and bless,
While, in her heart, soft pity stirs;
Tell her—her beauties might compel
A hermit, to forsake his cell,
And change his heav'n, for hers.
While, in her heart, soft pity stirs;
Tell her—her beauties might compel
A hermit, to forsake his cell,
And change his heav'n, for hers.
Oh! tell her—were her treasures mine,
Nature, and art would court my aid;
The painter's colours want her shine;
The rainbow's brow not half so fine,
As her sweet eye-lids shade!
Nature, and art would court my aid;
The painter's colours want her shine;
The rainbow's brow not half so fine,
As her sweet eye-lids shade!
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By day, the sun might spare his rays;
No star make ev'ning bright;
Her op'ning eyes, with sweeter blaze,
Should measure all my smiling days,
And, if she slept, 'twere night.
No star make ev'ning bright;
Her op'ning eyes, with sweeter blaze,
Should measure all my smiling days,
And, if she slept, 'twere night.
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