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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To a Spider,
making its Web upon a Statue of Minerva.
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Arachne , dar'st thou place thy LoomBetween those chast, immortal Thighs,
Where none of human Race might come,
Or more prevailing Dietys?
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E'en in the Quarters of thy Foe?Is she no better known than this?
Away, or thou may'st undergoe
Some heavy'r Metamorphosis.
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Or shou'd she in her Wisdom find,To pour a Deluge from before,
Or blow a Tempest from behind,
Thou, and thy Labours were no more.
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