Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis or The Kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague. In Latin and English Verse. With the Life of Secundus, and a Critic upon his Basia. Adorn'd with a Cut of the Author, and another of his Mistress Julia, engrav'd by the famous Bernard Picart the Roman [by George Ogle] |
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KISS XV.
Th' Idalian Boy drew forth a deadly Dart,Resolv'd to strike Neæra to the Heart.
But when he saw that Brow, so heav'nly-fair!
And, shadowing all the Brow, that matchless Hair!
But when those Eyes he saw, so heav'nly-bright!
Those Eyes! that beam with sweetly-trembling Light!
Those Cheeks! that blush with rosy-tinctur'd Charms?
Those Breasts! that might subdue the God of Arms;
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That drops, at length, from his irres'lute Hands;
Then all-unfolding-wide his painted Wings,
With nimble Rapture to her Bosom springs;
And, childishly as on her Lap He plays,
Ten-thousand Kisses gives, Ten-thousand Ways.
Kisses! that on her swelling Lips im-prest,
Soft-Myrtle Juices breath'd into her Breast;
And Cyprian Sweets infus'd; a Balmy Store!
Last, by each God, by his own Mother swore:
“Never again her Safety to alarm!
“Never to meditate the slightest Harm!”
And do we fondly wonder, Cruel Maid!
(Wit-less, alass of thy Cælestial Aid.)
That all thy Kisses so delicious prove?
Yet all thy Acts averse to tender Love?
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