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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In Imitation of Horace, Ode 26. B. 2.
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Tell me, my Fair-one, why so fastFrom a fond lover's arms you run?
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His tenderest endearments shun?
II
So flys the Fawn, perplexed with fear,When from it's anxious parent stray'd;
It starts at every breath of air,
And trembles with the trembling shade.
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So flys the Fawn; my Fair-one so;But think what different causes move;
It wisely dreads a mortal foe;
You fondly are afraid of love.
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Cease then, dear Trifler, cease to toy;Those silly childish airs resign;
Now fit to taste substantial joy
Quit Mamma's cold embrace for mine.
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