Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
Mocked in Anger. |
Female Poems On Several Occasions | ||
Mocked in Anger.
Farewel ungrateful Man, Sail to some Land,Where Treach'ry and Ingratitude command;
There meet with all the Plagues that Man can bear,
And be as Wretched, as I'm Happy here.
'Twere vain to wish that Heav'n wou'd Punish thee,
'Twere vain to Invocate the Wind and Sea,
To fright thee with rude Storms, for surely Fate
Without a wish, will Punish the Ingrate
It's Justice and thy Crimes, Heaven so well knows,
That all it's Creatures it will make thy Foes:
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Love such a worthless, such a sordid Man;
And though we've now no publick Enemies,
And you're too strong for private Piracies,
Yet is the Vessel in more danger far,
Than when with all our Neighbours we had War:
For all that know what Guest it doth contain,
VVill strive to Fire or Sink it in the Main.
Plagu'd for thy sake, they all will reckon thee
The Achan, or Accursed thing to be.
Female Poems On Several Occasions | ||