The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCXLVII.
[The Eastern swain, whose amorous eyes]
Καλα πεφανται.
The Eastern swain, whose amorous eyes
Each fairer form alarms,
Deems plump rotundity of size,
The first of female charms.
Each fairer form alarms,
Deems plump rotundity of size,
The first of female charms.
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Yet such regard for corpulence shown,
Proceeds on rational ground:
That must be visible grace, you'll own,
Which measures, so much round.
Proceeds on rational ground:
That must be visible grace, you'll own,
Which measures, so much round.
O! test, infallible, tho' concise,
Of feminine desert!—
When lovers estimate beauty's price,
Like timber—by the girt!
Of feminine desert!—
When lovers estimate beauty's price,
Like timber—by the girt!
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