Poems on several occasions By William Broome ... The second edition, With large Alterations and Additions |
TO A Lady of Thirty. |
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TO A Lady of Thirty.
I
No more let Youth its Beauty boast,S---n at Thirty reigns a Toast:
And like the Sun as he declines,
More mildly, but more sweetly shines.
II
The Hand of Time alone disarmsHer Face, of its superfluous Charms:
But adds, for every Grace resign'd,
A thousand to adorn her Mind.
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III
Youth was her too inflaming Time;This, her more habitable Clime;
How must she then each Heart engage,
Who blooms like Youth, is wise like Age?
IV
Thus the rich Orange-trees produceAt once both Ornament, and Use:
Here op'ning Blossoms we behold,
There fragrant Orbs of ripen'd Gold.
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