The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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Upon a Lady's being disappointed by a young Scotch Lord.
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Young Caledon has all the CharmsThat can engage the Fair,
A Tongue that every Heart disarms,
A soft bewitching Air.
But see what Fate attends a Drone!
He loses what he takes,
And when the Fortress is his own
His Victory forsakes.
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At her Expence this fatal Truth,Melissa late did prove,
Neither her Beauty nor her Youth
Could long secure his Love;
The lavish Hero fir'd too fast,
So vain was his Ambition,
That when three poor Attacks were past,
He wanted Ammunition.
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Were it Inconstancy alone,Art might the Youth reclaim;
But when Love's vital Oyl is gon,
What can revive the Flame?
Ye Gods, by whom my Hopes are curst,
Once grant me what I pray,
Give Caledon less Heat at first,
Or better Funds to pay.
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