The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM XXV.
[In quest of Asiatic stores]
NE—QUÆRE PEREGRINUM.
In quest of Asiatic stores,
Pagodas, and rupees,
Oft Britain's sons, from Britain's shores,
Have travers'd eastern seas.
Pagodas, and rupees,
Oft Britain's sons, from Britain's shores,
Have travers'd eastern seas.
So should her Sons, perhaps you'll say,
Commerce and power pursue.—
But Daughters in the present day,
Are sent adventurers too!
Commerce and power pursue.—
But Daughters in the present day,
Are sent adventurers too!
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Consign'd the market's chance to stand;
And wedded, if they wed,
To sicken in a sun-burnt land,
And share a casual bed!
And wedded, if they wed,
To sicken in a sun-burnt land,
And share a casual bed!
Ye virgin train! for shame! for fear!
From trade so vile withhold!—
The husband's wealth is bought too dear,
For which the wife is sold.
From trade so vile withhold!—
The husband's wealth is bought too dear,
For which the wife is sold.
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