Female Poems On Several Occasions | ||
74
SONG.
[When Busie Fame, o're all the Plain]
1
When Busie Fame, o're all the PlainPhylena's Praises rung,
And on their Oaten Pipes, each Swain
Her Matchless Beauty sung:
The Envious Nymphs were forc'd to yield,
She had the sweetest Face;
No Emulous Disputes they held,
But for the second Place.
2
Young Celadon (whose stubborn HeartNo Beauty e're cou'd move,
But smil'd to hear of Bow and Dart,
And brav'd the God of Love:)
Wou'd view this Nymph, and pleas'd at first
Such Silent Charmes to see,
VVith wonder Gaz'd, then Sigh'd, and Curst
His Curiosity.
Female Poems On Several Occasions | ||