Poems on several occasions | ||
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TO Miss K--- P---.
[Why, Kitty, with that tender air]
Why, Kitty, with that tender air,
Those eyes to earth inclin'd,
Those timid blushes, why despair
Of empire o'er mankind?
Those eyes to earth inclin'd,
Those timid blushes, why despair
Of empire o'er mankind?
Ah! know, that Beauty's surest arms
Are candour, softness, ease,
Your sweet distrust of pleasing charms
Is half the charm to please.—
Are candour, softness, ease,
Your sweet distrust of pleasing charms
Is half the charm to please.—
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Respect your own harmonious art!
For love securest wounds,
Securest takes th'imprison'd heart
Entranc'd by magic sounds!
For love securest wounds,
Securest takes th'imprison'd heart
Entranc'd by magic sounds!
If flowers of fiction's growth you call
This wreath that truth bestows;
Survey around your Attick wall
Each pencill'd form that glows.
This wreath that truth bestows;
Survey around your Attick wall
Each pencill'd form that glows.
And ask the youths! what heavenly fair
Their tenderest vows inspires?
If Juno's more than regal air,
Or fierce Minerva's fires?
Their tenderest vows inspires?
If Juno's more than regal air,
Or fierce Minerva's fires?
'Tis bashful Venus they prefer
Retiring from the view,
And, what their lips address to her,
Their bosoms feel for you.
Retiring from the view,
And, what their lips address to her,
Their bosoms feel for you.
Poems on several occasions | ||