Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
On CORINNA.
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On CORINNA.
With sudden Joy, and glad Surprize,When first I saw Corinna's Eyes,
Fearless I gaz'd, and scorn'd to fly
So soft, so fair an enemy.
With eager Pleasure I survey'd
The lovely too-enchanting maid;
Her balmy Lips, and panting Breast,
Where Gods would leave their Heav'n to rest;
Too much I saw, too soon I found
The fatal, yet alluring wound.
Take heed, ye Swains; by me beware,
And look not on a Face so fair;
Avoid with care th' ensnaring toils,
For so bewitching are her Smiles,
That none but what are blind can fly,
And all who stay are sure to die.
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