Poems on Several Occasions Written by Charles Cotton |
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Stances de Monsieur Theophile.
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Stances de Monsieur Theophile.
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When thy nak'd Arm thou see'st me kissUpon the snowy Sheet display'd,
Which whiter than the Linnen is;
And, when my glowing Hand's betray'd,
Wandring about thy Paps: Thy Sense may prove,
Chloris, that with a burning heat I love.
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As Zealots Eyes to Heaven tend,So mine Eyes unto thine are turn'd,
When to thy Couch my Knees I bend,
With thousands of warm Passions burn'd,
My Lips from whispering Murmurs then are free,
And suffer my Delights to sleep with thee.
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Morpheus glad of the surprise,In his black Empire thee detains;
And hides from seeing me thine Eyes
VVith so dull, so heavy Chains,
That thy soft slumber'd-charmed, Spirits lye
Dumb, without murmur at his Tyranny.
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In breathing her perfume the Rose,In shooting forth his heat the Day,
The Chariot, where Diana goes,
And Naiad's, when in Flouds they play,
The silent Graces in a Picture to
Make more of noise, than thy soft Breathings do.
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Then by thee did I breathe a Sigh,And when thy rest I had descryed;
The sweet Repose, that seal'd thine Eye:
With Passion then; Oh Heaven! I cryed;
How canst thou from such excellent Limbs, as these,
Extract so great an ill, as my Disease.
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