A collection of poems on various subjects including the theatre, a didactic essay; in the course of which are pointed out, the rocks and shoals to which deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed. Ornamented with cuts and illustrated with notes, original letters and curious incidental anecdotes [by Samuel Whyte] |
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SONG, SUNG BY MR. ------, AS APOLLO, IN THE COMIC OPERA OF MIDAS.
When love's sweet emotions first dawn in the mind,
How soothing the pain is! the bliss how refin'd!
In view dance the graces, the pleasures and smiles,
And hope's gay illusion the bosom beguiles.
Beguiles, beguiles, the bosom beguiles.
How soothing the pain is! the bliss how refin'd!
In view dance the graces, the pleasures and smiles,
And hope's gay illusion the bosom beguiles.
Beguiles, beguiles, the bosom beguiles.
But soon the scene changes, and all that before
Imparted soft transports, imparts them no more;
Secure of her conquest, the nymph quits her charms,
And leaves for possession a shade in your arms.
A shade, a shade, she leaves in your arms.
Imparted soft transports, imparts them no more;
Secure of her conquest, the nymph quits her charms,
And leaves for possession a shade in your arms.
A shade, a shade, she leaves in your arms.
Fond youth! then take warning, the precipice shun,
O! fly the fair syren or else you're undone:
Allur'd by her converse, ensnar'd by her eyes,
The heart that pursues her is slighted and dies.
And dies! and dies! is slighted and dies.
O! fly the fair syren or else you're undone:
Allur'd by her converse, ensnar'd by her eyes,
The heart that pursues her is slighted and dies.
And dies! and dies! is slighted and dies.
| A collection of poems on various subjects | |