The poetical wanderer containing, dissertations On the early poetry of Greece, On tragic poetry, and on the power Of noble actions on the mind. To which are added, several poems |
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When your bold vessels waited your command,
To bear you from me to a foreign land,
You wept and press'd me with a warm embrace
And kiss'd the tears that trickled down my face,
Still loth to part you gaz'd upon my charms
And closer held me fainting in your arms,
You scarce had spirits when you sad withdrew
To bid your shepherdess a last adieu!
The white sea foams beneath your steady oars,
And gales propitious wast you from the shores;
The lessening canvass my dim eyes pursue
And with their tears the moisten'd sand bedew,
With ardent prayers the Nereids I implore,
To speed your passage and my peace restore;
Have then my prayers brought you thus back again
To mock my love and to insult my pain?
Have I call'd heaven for blessings on your head,
To see you partner of a harlot's bed?
To bear you from me to a foreign land,
You wept and press'd me with a warm embrace
And kiss'd the tears that trickled down my face,
Still loth to part you gaz'd upon my charms
And closer held me fainting in your arms,
You scarce had spirits when you sad withdrew
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The white sea foams beneath your steady oars,
And gales propitious wast you from the shores;
The lessening canvass my dim eyes pursue
And with their tears the moisten'd sand bedew,
With ardent prayers the Nereids I implore,
To speed your passage and my peace restore;
Have then my prayers brought you thus back again
To mock my love and to insult my pain?
Have I call'd heaven for blessings on your head,
To see you partner of a harlot's bed?
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