The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
To Celia, with a return'd Tragedy.
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To Celia, with a return'd Tragedy.
I
Take, O Celia! muse divine!Take again the tragic tale:
Wit, so light, if weigh'd with thine,
Mounts, like feathers, from thy scale.
II
Yet, 'twere wise O soul of verse!Soft, to smile, upon his flight:
Blazing tapers, scarce, wou'd pierce,
Were there no such thing, as night.
III
Di'monds wou'd be less admir'd,Were not brittle christal known;
And by Poets poorly fir'd,
Our rich Celia's wealth is shown.
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IV
But, alass! I strive, in vain,Worth, above me, to display:
Sunk, beneath thy streamy strain;
Like a Glow-worn, lost in day.
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