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Poems on Several Occasions

By Jonathan Smedley
 

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FANCY;

A MADRIGAL.

'Twas Fancy, first, made Cœlia Fair:
'Twas Fancy gave her Shape and Air.
It robb'd the Sun, stripp'd every Star
Of Beauties, to bestow on Her.
And, when it had the Goddess made,
Down it Fell, and Worshipped.
Creator, first, and then a Creature!
Narcissus! and a Pail of Water!