The Fair Circassian, A Dramatic Performance Done from the Original By a Gentleman-Commoner of Oxford. The Second Edition Corrected. To which are added Several Occasional Poems. By the same Author [i.e. Samuel Croxall] |
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PROLOGUE.
Virgins of Albion, Ye fair Female Kind,
Who live to Love's soft Measures well inclin'd,
Whose gentler Minds have known the pleasing Smart,
And felt his Venom trickling thro' your Heart,
To You the following tender Scenes I write;
To You, best Judges of the best Delight.
Thrice Happy He, who could his Muse employ
To heighten and improve so fine a Joy!
Who live to Love's soft Measures well inclin'd,
Whose gentler Minds have known the pleasing Smart,
And felt his Venom trickling thro' your Heart,
To You the following tender Scenes I write;
To You, best Judges of the best Delight.
Thrice Happy He, who could his Muse employ
To heighten and improve so fine a Joy!
Hence the soft Sex conveniently may find
What Pleasures flow from Love with Prudence join'd;
What sweet Ideas flutter in the Breast,
By melting Lips what Raptures are exprest;
How safe the Joys that fill their circling Arms,
When Men of Sense are trusted with their Charms.
What Pleasures flow from Love with Prudence join'd;
What sweet Ideas flutter in the Breast,
By melting Lips what Raptures are exprest;
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When Men of Sense are trusted with their Charms.
Nor let the Style or Foreign Phrase offend,
'Twas thus those Eastern Beaus their Passion pen'd;
The Sentiments were such, in such a Pair,
Where He was most discreet, and She most fair:
Tho' we may well conclude, from what is writ,
The Man had Beauty, and the Woman Wit.
'Twas thus those Eastern Beaus their Passion pen'd;
The Sentiments were such, in such a Pair,
Where He was most discreet, and She most fair:
Tho' we may well conclude, from what is writ,
The Man had Beauty, and the Woman Wit.
Attend! the Lady first shall Silence break;
'Tis thus the faithful Story makes Her speak.
'Tis thus the faithful Story makes Her speak.
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