Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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LIBERTY.
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LIBERTY.
A Song.
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Phyllis, thus our Time employing,Let's each happy hour improve,
Always feasting, never cloying;
Oh, what Pleasure 'tis to love!
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Care and Spleen can never reach usWhile these Maxims we pursue,
Maxims which our Natures teach us;
'Tis a Folly to be true.
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Should I see a fairer Creature,For that Fairer I should burn,
Love Her till 'twas time to hate her,
Then perhaps to You return.
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You, whene'er you like to wander,Mind not me, but choose your swain;
I shall be so much the fonder,
Should you ever come again.
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Keep your Inclinations moving,'Tis a Law decreed by Fate;
Pleasure still subsists by roving,
Love confin'd will turn to Hate.
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