Poetical works of the late F. Sayers to which have been prefixed the connected disquisitions on the rise and progress of English poetry, and on English metres, and also some biographic particulars of the author, supplied by W. Taylor |
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TO CYNTHIA.
How winning are those pearly drops
That pity bids to flow!
Soft o'er thy blooming cheek they glide,
And wet thy breast of snow.
That pity bids to flow!
Soft o'er thy blooming cheek they glide,
And wet thy breast of snow.
Thus thro' the sweetly-scented vale,
The lucid streamlet goes,
And moistens with its glittering waves,
The lily and the rose.
The lucid streamlet goes,
And moistens with its glittering waves,
The lily and the rose.
And as when dews of eve descend
To cool the scorched bower,
Some joyful flutterer hovers round,
And bathes him in the shower.
To cool the scorched bower,
Some joyful flutterer hovers round,
And bathes him in the shower.
So young Desire, amid thy tears,
His silken pinions plies,
And shakes his torch with playful hand,
And brighter flames arise.
His silken pinions plies,
And shakes his torch with playful hand,
And brighter flames arise.
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