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A step to the bath

with a character of the place [by Edward Ward]

Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

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But, Oh ye Gods! no Rest could I obtain,
The Charming Fair did o'er my Slumbers Reign;
And in strange Dreams Augment my Rapid Flame.

Oh what Cœlestial Motion had her Eyes!
Her Panting Breasts, how they did fall and rise!
Conspiring both to fall my Sacrifice.