The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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TRUTH in a MASK.
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TRUTH in a MASK.
Nature to Chloe's Prayer hath given
A Mind where every Grace is seen;
Narcissa boasts a Form from Heaven,
Charming as Beauty's rosy Queen:
A Mind where every Grace is seen;
Narcissa boasts a Form from Heaven,
Charming as Beauty's rosy Queen:
Youth, Mirth, and Wit's enlivening Blaze,
Conspire to make Aspasia shine;
A manly Sense, with female Ease,
Rever'd Orinda, these are thine:
Conspire to make Aspasia shine;
A manly Sense, with female Ease,
Rever'd Orinda, these are thine:
Long unsubdu'd, I now submit
To her, whose happier Fate hath join'd
Orinda's Sense, Aspasia's Wit,
Narcissa's Form, and Chloe's Mind.
To her, whose happier Fate hath join'd
Orinda's Sense, Aspasia's Wit,
Narcissa's Form, and Chloe's Mind.
INITIALIS.
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