 | The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison |  |
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ON A Lady's Necklace.
Ye Crystal Orbs that on her Bosom lie,
The glitt'ring Planets of a brighter Sky,
Like Stars illumin'd by the Lamp of Day,
From my Selinda's Eye you catch your Ray;
Well may those Eyes of Light like yours inspire,
When their least Beam can set my Heart on Fire.
The glitt'ring Planets of a brighter Sky,
Like Stars illumin'd by the Lamp of Day,
From my Selinda's Eye you catch your Ray;
Well may those Eyes of Light like yours inspire,
When their least Beam can set my Heart on Fire.
O happy Chain! thy artless Foldings prove
Superior to the magic Charms of Love!
O! were you, by a just Possession, mine,
And had I Power to make you more Divine;
Could Art increase each Globe, as large as This,
Like Anthony, I'd give it for a Kiss:
My Worlds, tho' swell'd to Thousands, I'd bestow,
To circle my Selinda's Neck, like You.
Superior to the magic Charms of Love!
O! were you, by a just Possession, mine,
And had I Power to make you more Divine;
Could Art increase each Globe, as large as This,
Like Anthony, I'd give it for a Kiss:
My Worlds, tho' swell'd to Thousands, I'd bestow,
To circle my Selinda's Neck, like You.
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