Poems by the Late Reverend Dr. Thomas Blacklock Together with an Essay on the Education of the Blind. To Which is Prefixed A New Account of the Life and Writings of the Author |
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To LESBIA.
Tho' sour, loquacious age reprove,
Let us, my Lesbia, live for love:
For, when the short-liv'd suns decline,
They but retire more bright to shine:
But we, when fleeting life is o'er,
And light and love can bless no more;
Are ravish'd from each dear delight,
To sleep one long eternal night,
Let us, my Lesbia, live for love:
For, when the short-liv'd suns decline,
They but retire more bright to shine:
But we, when fleeting life is o'er,
And light and love can bless no more;
Are ravish'd from each dear delight,
To sleep one long eternal night,
Give me of kisses balmy store,
Ten thousand, and ten thousand more;
Still add ten thousand, doubly sweet;
The dear, dear number still repeat:
And, when the sum so high shall swell,
Scarce thought can reach, or tongue can tell;
Let us on kisses kisses crowd,
Till number sink in multitude;
Lest our full bliss should limits know,
And others, numb'ring, envious grow.
Ten thousand, and ten thousand more;
Still add ten thousand, doubly sweet;
The dear, dear number still repeat:
And, when the sum so high shall swell,
Scarce thought can reach, or tongue can tell;
Let us on kisses kisses crowd,
Till number sink in multitude;
Lest our full bliss should limits know,
And others, numb'ring, envious grow.
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