The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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The SOLUTION.
The
vermil Glow of Beauty's Cheek,
The Garden's Pride you bid me seek;
The Scene, where late with lasting Shame,
Dishonour stain'd the Sackville Name,
Where, clasp'd in Victory's Embrace,
Young Wolfe compleated Glory's Race,
And where, with early Hound and Horn,
The Hunter-train awake the Morn—
With Lover's Haste the Task I claim;
And tell, that Bloomfield is the Name.
The Garden's Pride you bid me seek;
The Scene, where late with lasting Shame,
Dishonour stain'd the Sackville Name,
Where, clasp'd in Victory's Embrace,
Young Wolfe compleated Glory's Race,
And where, with early Hound and Horn,
The Hunter-train awake the Morn—
With Lover's Haste the Task I claim;
And tell, that Bloomfield is the Name.
One Doubt's yet unsatisfied—Which of the three?
A Question too hard to be answer'd by me:
So equally lovely their Features, and Eyes,
Not Paris himself could determine the Prize.
A Question too hard to be answer'd by me:
So equally lovely their Features, and Eyes,
Not Paris himself could determine the Prize.
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