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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V. The ANSWER.
Nunc Deus intersit! Nunc dignus vindice nodus!
When
Pallas, and the Queen of Love,
With Jove's imperial Consort strove,
Each proudly claiming as her Due,
The golden Fruit which Discord threw;
They sought, descending from the Skies,
A Mortal to adjudge the Prize.
With Jove's imperial Consort strove,
Each proudly claiming as her Due,
The golden Fruit which Discord threw;
They sought, descending from the Skies,
A Mortal to adjudge the Prize.
Three,
fairer far, in modern Days,
Demand our Wonder, and our Praise;
But which of the angelick Forms,
With keenest Fire the Bosom warms;
Which first to place, where all excell,
Would ask a Deity to tell.
Demand our Wonder, and our Praise;
But which of the angelick Forms,
With keenest Fire the Bosom warms;
Which first to place, where all excell,
Would ask a Deity to tell.
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