Poems on Several Occasions To which is added Gondibert and Birtha, A Tragedy. By William Thompson |
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Cupid in LOVE.
Or Stella and the WASP.
Cupid by a Bee was stung,
Lately; since Anacreon sung:
Venus, with a smiling Eye,
Laugh'd to hear him sob and sigh.
Lately; since Anacreon sung:
Venus, with a smiling Eye,
Laugh'd to hear him sob and sigh.
Angry Cupid in Revenge,
(Gods their Shapes at pleasure Change)
In the Form of Wasp or Bee,
Stella! fix'd his Sting in Thee:
Stella! fairest of the Fair:
Stella, Venus' dearest Care!
In Revenge He dealt the Blow
On her Favourite Below;
In Revenge of smiling Eyes,
Sweetest Emblems of the Skies!
O my Finger! Stella cry'd:
Wou'd for Stella I had dy'd!
O my Finger! thrice She cry'd,
Thrice for Stella I'd have dy'd!
Stella! fairest of the Fair,
Stella, Venus' dearest Care!
Venus, red'ning, drop'd a Tear:
—“Here, You Sirrah, Cupid, here!
Dare You torture, like a Foe,
Stella, my Belov'd below?
Curst Revenge on smiling Eyes,
Sweetest Emblems of the Skies!”
(Gods their Shapes at pleasure Change)
In the Form of Wasp or Bee,
Stella! fix'd his Sting in Thee:
Stella! fairest of the Fair:
Stella, Venus' dearest Care!
In Revenge He dealt the Blow
On her Favourite Below;
In Revenge of smiling Eyes,
Sweetest Emblems of the Skies!
O my Finger! Stella cry'd:
Wou'd for Stella I had dy'd!
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Thrice for Stella I'd have dy'd!
Stella! fairest of the Fair,
Stella, Venus' dearest Care!
Venus, red'ning, drop'd a Tear:
—“Here, You Sirrah, Cupid, here!
Dare You torture, like a Foe,
Stella, my Belov'd below?
Curst Revenge on smiling Eyes,
Sweetest Emblems of the Skies!”
Cupid, smit with Stella's Eye,
Answer'd Venus with a Sigh,
“Rather, Mamma, pity Me;
—I am wounded more than She.
Answer'd Venus with a Sigh,
“Rather, Mamma, pity Me;
—I am wounded more than She.
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