The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne | ||
To MIRA.
[Lost in a Labyrinth of Doubts and Joys]
Lost in a Labyrinth of Doubts and Joys,Whom now her Smiles reviv'd, her Scorn destroys:
She will, and she will not, she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then flies,
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Now proff'ring Mercy, now presenting Death.
Thus hoping, thus despairing, never sure,
How various are the Torments I endure!
Cruel Estate of Doubt! Ah, Mira, try
Once to resolve—or let me live, or die.
The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne | ||