Various pieces in verse and prose By the late Nathaniel Cotton. Many of which were never before published. In two volumes |
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[To you, fair maidens, I address]
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To you, fair maidens, I address,Sent to adorn your life;
And she who first my name can guess,
Shall first be made a wife.
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From the dark womb of mother earth,To mortals' aid I come;
But ere I can receive my birth,
I many shapes assume.
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Passive by nature, yet I'm madeAs active as the roe;
And oftentimes, with equal speed,
Thro' flowery lawns I go.
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When wicked men their wealth consume,And leave their children poor,
To me their daughters often come,
And I encrease their store.
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The women of the wiser kind,Did never once refuse me;
But yet I never once could find
That maids of honour use me.
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The lily hand and brilliant eye,May charm without my aid;
Beauty may strike the lover's eye,
And love inspire the maid.
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But let the enchanting nymph be told,Unless I grace her life,
She must have wondrous store of gold,
Or make a wretched wife.
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Altho' I never hope to rest,With Christians I go forth;
And while they worship to the east,
I prostrate to the north.
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If you suspect hypocrisy,Or think me insincere,
Produce the zealot, who, like me,
Can tremble and adhere.
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| Various pieces in verse and prose | |