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 Sixteenth. DINA.
I
Dina , while I view thy Beauty,To thy Charms I am a Slave;
To obey thee is my Duty;
Say what more would Dina have?
II
This Advice regard, my Treasure,Banish from thee far away
Those to whom thou'st breath'd our Pleasure:
Confidants too oft' betray.
III
Dina, such in Love and FightingAre, in the Event, the same,
Both alike, my Fair, delighting
To prevent the growing Flame.
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IV
What will make our Love the StoryOf detractive Folly shun;
Let my Life, (how great the Glory!)
Prudence keep what Beauty won.
V
Vows to Heaven and the LoverAll the false and vain reveal;
Which we should alone discover
To the Objects of our Zeal.
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