Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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To CHLOE.
I
Cease, jealous Charmer, cease to grieve,Nor think I e'er will prove untrue;
My Passion with my Self shall live;
For Who could be unjust to You?
II
Did I your Form alone admire,(That Form so far beyond Compare)
Corroding Time would kill desire:
How short's the empire of the Fair!
III
By Time subdu'd will be those EyesWhich now ten thousand Loves adorn;
Like feeble suns in wint'ry skies,
Of all their beamy splendor shorn.
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IV
As Nectar sweet, as Roses red,Those Lips must lose their beauteous hue;
Those flowing Locks forsake thy head,
Or fade unpleasing to the View.
V
When Beauty's transient Hour is past,And thou no more canst charm the Eye,
Thy Humour and thy Wit shall last:
The Mind's Perfections never die.
VI
Then, Chloe, leave thy flatt'ring Glass,And scorn the Coxcomb's fulsome tale;
Thy Face but for a Time will pass,
Thy Virtues ever will prevail.
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