Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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Silvia was tender, soft, and young,The Wonder of the Plain,
The Theme of every Shepherd's Song,
And Auth'ress of his Pain.
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To gaze on her each am'rous BoyWould waste the livelong Day,
Let Wolves his helpless Lambs destroy,
Or Flocks unheeded stray.
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But Silvia, rash, unthinking Maid!Too fondly turn'd a Wife,
Let all her blooming Beauties fade,
And lost the prime of Life.
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So on the Tree the blushing RoseCharms all beholding Eyes;
But, pluck'd and torn from whence it grows,
It withers, fades, and dies.
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