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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VERSES On seeing a married Lady in a Window. |
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VERSES On seeing a married Lady in a Window.
Inscribed to the Honourable MRS. KNOX.
Whilst on forbidden Fruit I gaze,
And look my Heart away;
Behold my Star of Venus blaze,
And rise upon the Day!
Fair as the purple blushing Hours,
That paint the Morning's Eye;
Her Cheek like Evening after showers,
That flush the western Sky.
And look my Heart away;
Behold my Star of Venus blaze,
And rise upon the Day!
Fair as the purple blushing Hours,
That paint the Morning's Eye;
Her Cheek like Evening after showers,
That flush the western Sky.
I send a sigh at every Glance,
And drop a softer Tear:
Hard Fate, no farther to advance,
And yet to be so near.
So Moses, from fair Pisgah's Height,
The Land of Canaan ey'd,
Survey'd the Region of Delight,
He saw, bow'd down, and dy'd.
And drop a softer Tear:
Hard Fate, no farther to advance,
And yet to be so near.
So Moses, from fair Pisgah's Height,
The Land of Canaan ey'd,
Survey'd the Region of Delight,
He saw, bow'd down, and dy'd.
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