The poetical works of the late Thomas Little [i.e. Thomas Moore] The eleventh edition |
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TO A SLEEPING MAID. |
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TO A SLEEPING MAID.
Wake, my life! thy lover's arms
Are twin'd around thy sleeping charms:
Wake, my love! and let desire
Kindle those op'ning orbs of fire.
Are twin'd around thy sleeping charms:
Wake, my love! and let desire
Kindle those op'ning orbs of fire.
Yet, sweetest, though the bliss delight thee,
If the guilt, the shame affright thee,
Still those orbs in darkness keep;
Sleep, my girl, or seem to sleep.
If the guilt, the shame affright thee,
Still those orbs in darkness keep;
Sleep, my girl, or seem to sleep.
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