Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments |
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CANIDIA's Answer. |
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CANIDIA's Answer.
Go—hang thy self:—I will not hear,The Rocks assoon shall lend an ear
To naked Mariners that be
Left to the mercy of the Sea.
Marry come up!—Shall thy bold pride
The mysteries of the Gods deride?
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On my repute, and think to scape?
Make me a Town-talk? Well! e'r thou die
Cupid shall vengeance take; or I.
Go, get some Rats-bane!—'twill not do,
Nay, drink some Aqua-fortis too:
No Witch shall take thy life away;
Who dares say, Go, when I bid Stay?
No!—I'le prolong thy loathed breath,
And make thee wish in vain for death.
In vain does Tantalus espy
Fruits, he may taste but with his Eye.
In vain does poor Prometheus grone,
And Sisyphus stop his rolling stone:
Long may they sigh, long may they cry
But not controul their Destiny.
And thou in vain from some high wall,
Or on thy naked Sword may'st fall,
In vain, (to terminate thy woes)
Thy hands shall knit the fatal noose:
For on thy shoulders then I'll ride,
And make the Earth shake with my pride.
Think'st thou that I, who when I please
Can kill by waxen Images,
Can force the Moon down from her Sphere,
And make departed Ghosts appear,
And mix Love potions!—thinks thy vanity,
I cannot deal with such a worm as thee?
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