Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose | ||
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Song.
[Ye lips, my theme of endless praise]
Ye lips, my theme of endless praise,
Soft as the velvet that arrays
Her slender waist, adieu;
Heaven's finest work, and purest mold,
Like opening Roses to behold,
And hung with sweeter dew.
Soft as the velvet that arrays
Her slender waist, adieu;
Heaven's finest work, and purest mold,
Like opening Roses to behold,
And hung with sweeter dew.
Oh! could I taste the Nectar there,
And after live, 'twould heal the care
Her darting eyes have given;
As Persians on the barren Plain
Scorch'd by their Sun, ador'd in vain,
Are chear'd by showers from Heaven.
And after live, 'twould heal the care
Her darting eyes have given;
As Persians on the barren Plain
Scorch'd by their Sun, ador'd in vain,
Are chear'd by showers from Heaven.
Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose | ||