The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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Love's Progress.
From the Cradle to the Grave
Mighty Love does all inslave.
First in Miss, and Master's Brain
He begins his idle reign:
Nymphs, and Swains, and purling Streams,
Rival Knights, and rival Queens,
Dreams of Pleasure pure as they,
(Symptoms of approaching Day)
In their dawning Fancies play;
Wishes, which in forming dye,
Tender Sighs they scarce know why.
Sighs, at length, awake Desire,
Love becomes a raging Fire,
Strongly seizes every Part,
Warms the Blood, and wounds the Heart.
Mighty Love does all inslave.
First in Miss, and Master's Brain
He begins his idle reign:
Nymphs, and Swains, and purling Streams,
Rival Knights, and rival Queens,
Dreams of Pleasure pure as they,
(Symptoms of approaching Day)
In their dawning Fancies play;
Wishes, which in forming dye,
Tender Sighs they scarce know why.
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Love becomes a raging Fire,
Strongly seizes every Part,
Warms the Blood, and wounds the Heart.
Vows to wounded Hearts give Ease;
They profess, believe and please:
Happy, might they here have stay'd!
Soon, believing, they're betray'd:
Prudent, cou'd they yet give o'er!
Each betrays a hundred more,
Still believing, or believ'd,
Still deceiving, or deceiv'd,
Till, at last, the roving God,
Squeamish, whimsical, and odd,
Flying from each empty Vein,
Triumphs in the Head again.
They profess, believe and please:
Happy, might they here have stay'd!
Soon, believing, they're betray'd:
Prudent, cou'd they yet give o'er!
Each betrays a hundred more,
Still believing, or believ'd,
Still deceiving, or deceiv'd,
Till, at last, the roving God,
Squeamish, whimsical, and odd,
Flying from each empty Vein,
Triumphs in the Head again.
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