Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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From Virgil.
O Felix
una ante alias Priameia virgo,
Hostilem ad tumulum, Trojæ sub mœnibus altis,
Jussa mori, quæ non sortitus pertulit ullos,
Nec victoris heri tetigit captiva cubile!
Hostilem ad tumulum, Trojæ sub mœnibus altis,
Jussa mori, quæ non sortitus pertulit ullos,
Nec victoris heri tetigit captiva cubile!
O happy she alone of Priam's Race!
Who, free from servile Bonds and dire Disgrace,
Beneath the Walls of ruin'd Ilium bled,
A Victim to th' inexorable Dead:
Exempt from hateful Lots, nor doom'd to know
The lordly Bed of a victorious Foe.
Who, free from servile Bonds and dire Disgrace,
Beneath the Walls of ruin'd Ilium bled,
A Victim to th' inexorable Dead:
Exempt from hateful Lots, nor doom'd to know
The lordly Bed of a victorious Foe.
The foregoing Lines applied.
How hard a Fate enthrals the wretched Maid
By Tyrant Kindred barter'd and betray'd!
Whose Beauty, Youth, and Innocence are sold,
For shining Equipage, or Heaps of Gold:
Condemn'd to drag an odious Chain for Life;
A living Victim and a captive Wife!
More happy She, and less severe her Doom,
Who falls in all the Pride of early Bloom,
And Virgin Honours dress her peaceful Tomb!
By Tyrant Kindred barter'd and betray'd!
Whose Beauty, Youth, and Innocence are sold,
For shining Equipage, or Heaps of Gold:
Condemn'd to drag an odious Chain for Life;
A living Victim and a captive Wife!
More happy She, and less severe her Doom,
Who falls in all the Pride of early Bloom,
And Virgin Honours dress her peaceful Tomb!
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