Mr. Cooke's Original Poems with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For perfecting the English Language |
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ODE the Ninth, To Celia.
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Celia , boasted Child of Beauty,Ambitious of a spotless Name,
Mindful of her humble Duty,
Avoids the common Road to Fame.
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Florio, of his Apparel vain,Labours to charm th'unwary Eye;
While Celia views him with Disdain,
For her a Croud of Florios dy.
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Fond Dapperwit, to win the Fair,Attempts the Pow'r of Love to sing,
While she condemns to long Despair
The flutt'ring and the rhyming Thing.
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Alike offensive to the wise,The empty Fop, the barren Lays,
With Justice, Celia, you despise;
When they accuse you most they praise.
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