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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You now love one whose false and roving mind,
Has left for you her princely spouse behind;
But when a shepherd here your flock you fed
I made you offer of my virgin bed;
A little cot was all my peaceful home,
I sought not riches nor a costly dome,
I lov'd you not for being Priam's son,
Nor pomp nor splendor e'er Oenone won;
Yet Priam and his wife need not disown
Me as unworthy of their blood and thrown;
Consort to you my merit could command,
Nor would a sceptre ill become my hand.
Has left for you her princely spouse behind;
But when a shepherd here your flock you fed
I made you offer of my virgin bed;
A little cot was all my peaceful home,
I sought not riches nor a costly dome,
I lov'd you not for being Priam's son,
Nor pomp nor splendor e'er Oenone won;
Yet Priam and his wife need not disown
Me as unworthy of their blood and thrown;
Consort to you my merit could command,
Nor would a sceptre ill become my hand.
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