Mr. Cooke's Original Poems with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For perfecting the English Language |
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ODE the Fourteenth. BELLAMIRA.
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When Bellamira was my Theme,I pluck'd the Vi'let and the Rose,
And, fondly raptur'd with the Dream,
Sought ev'ry Flow'r that sweetly blows;
And, as I deck'd her Breast and Hair,
They breath'd new Fragrance from the Fair.
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When I her Mind or Person prais'd,To Bow'rs of Bliss beyond the Skys
The God of Love my Genius rais'd,
Where Beautys more than earthly rise,
With those her Beautys to compare;
The fairest she among the fair.
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Vi'lets and Roses cease to blow,Each Flow'r of Fragrance droop your Head;
The Nymph, forgetful of her Vow,
Is from her Love, from Honour, fled:
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For she is false as she is fair.
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To Bow'rs of Bliss beyond the SkysThe God of Love no more shall raise,
Where Beautys more than earthly rise,
My Genius to exalt her Praise,
No more with Angels shall compare
The Nymph as false as she is fair.
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