Poems on Various Subjects with some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. By Samuel Bowden |
Epig. 59. The VIPER inclosed in Amber. |
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Epig. 59. The VIPER inclosed in Amber.
Where Amber tears the conscious poplar weeps,With sluggish pace, th' entangled Viper creeps:
Arrested in the liquid grave, in vain,
He twists, and struggles with the viscons chain;
With sudden cramp, and glewy fetters bound,
In captive gums, he stiffens all around.
Ægytian sepulchres let others prize,
Lodg'd in a nobler bed the viper lies,
And Cleopatra's splendid tomb outvies.
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