Miscellanies in prose and verse on several occasions, by Claudero [i.e. James Wilson], son of Nimrod the Mighty Hunter. The Fourth Edition with large Additions |
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On two Young Ladies, Sisters.
In praise of Poll and lovely Bell,
Ye Muses Nine conspire
To let me quaff Parnassus' well,
And feel poetic fire.
Ye Muses Nine conspire
To let me quaff Parnassus' well,
And feel poetic fire.
Sure, goodness, virtue, beauty, wit,
Adorns each charming maid;
Apollo then, the lyre come hit,
Ye Gods, fly to my aid.
Adorns each charming maid;
Apollo then, the lyre come hit,
Ye Gods, fly to my aid.
What theme so sweet, religion tell,
As modesty divine?
The Graces that shine forth in Bell
Thrice happy Poll, are thine.
As modesty divine?
The Graces that shine forth in Bell
Thrice happy Poll, are thine.
Their minds replete with lessons pure,
By a maternal care;
Examples too, do rivet sure,
Her precepts debonair.
By a maternal care;
Examples too, do rivet sure,
Her precepts debonair.
Their minutes sweet, industry claims,
Sloth hated flies away;
Let future annals tell their names,
When virtue's in decay.
Sloth hated flies away;
Let future annals tell their names,
When virtue's in decay.
Becoming pride, reserve polite,
Shield and protect their breast;
None but the youth with honour freight,
Can by them be caress'd.
Shield and protect their breast;
None but the youth with honour freight,
Can by them be caress'd.
Hence rude assailant, virtue's foe,
Where modesty abounds:
Ye agents of the fair sex woe,
Touch not these sacred grounds.
Where modesty abounds:
Ye agents of the fair sex woe,
Touch not these sacred grounds.
Ye beauties fair, who Britain grace,
This wholesome counsel take,
Esteem the manly chaste embrace,
Despise the sordid rake.
This wholesome counsel take,
Esteem the manly chaste embrace,
Despise the sordid rake.
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