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 |
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Woman's Resolution.
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Woman's Resolution.
Oh!—cry'd Arsenia, long, in Wedlock blest,
Her head reclining, on her husband's breast,
Should death divide thee, from thy doating wife,
What comfort could be found in widow'd life?
How the thought shakes me!—Heaven my Strephon save,
Or, give the lost Arsenia half his grave!
Her head reclining, on her husband's breast,
Should death divide thee, from thy doating wife,
What comfort could be found in widow'd life?
How the thought shakes me!—Heaven my Strephon save,
Or, give the lost Arsenia half his grave!
JOVE heard the lovely mourner and approv'd:
“And should not wives, like this, said he, be lov'd?
“Take the soft sorrower at her word, and try,
“How deeply rooted Woman's vows can lie?”
'Twas said, and done—the tender Strephon dy'd;
Arsenia, two long months—t'out live him try'd,
But in the third—alas! became a bride,
“And should not wives, like this, said he, be lov'd?
“Take the soft sorrower at her word, and try,
“How deeply rooted Woman's vows can lie?”
'Twas said, and done—the tender Strephon dy'd;
Arsenia, two long months—t'out live him try'd,
But in the third—alas! became a bride,
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