A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
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When Damon first to Cælia spoke,And made his passion known;
So free her air! so kind her look!
He thought the Nymph his own.
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II
Poor Damon! all thy hopes are vain,Success no longer boast:
Such Cælia is to every swain,
But catch—and Cælia's lost.
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Thus oft we see at close of eve,When all is calm and fair,
An idle wandring feather wave,
And saunter here and there.
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Tempting the grasp of every clown,Around the trifle plays
He catches! full of hopes—'tis gone,
And Simy's left to gaze.
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