Poems on several occasions By William Broome ... The second edition, With large Alterations and Additions |
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The COY.
An ODE.
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Love is a noble rich Repast,But seldom should the Lover taste;
When the kind Fair no more restrains,
The Glutton surfeits, and disdains.
II
To move the Nymph he Tears bestows,He vainly sighs, he falsely vows;
The Tears deceive, the Vows betray,
He conquers, and contemns the Prey.
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III
Thus Ammon's Son with fierce DelightSmil'd at the Terrours of the Fight;
The Thoughts of Conquest charm'd his Eyes,
He conquer'd, and he wept the Prize.
IV
Love, like a Prospect, with delightSweetly deceives the distant Sight,
Where the tir'd Travellers survey,
O'er hanging Rocks, a dang'rous Way.
V
Ye Fair that would victorious prove,Seem but half Kind, when most you love;
Damon pursues if Cælia flies,
But when her Love is born, his dies.
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VI
Had Danäe the young, the fair,Been free, and unconfin'd as Air;
Free from the Guards, and brazen Tow'r,
She'd ne'er been worth a Golden Show'r.
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