Marinda Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions [by Mary Monck] |
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EPIGRAMS.
I. To Cloe.
Cloe her Gossips entertainsWith Stories of her Child-bed Pains,
And fiercely against Hymen rails;
But Hymen's not so much to blame:
She knows, unless her Mem'ry fails,
Before she Wedd, she'd much the same.
Epigram II. To Sylvia reading St. Bernard's Life.
'Twas well for Bernard, he was bornSome Ages ere thy cruel Scorn
The Captive World had ruin'd and undone;
For had Heav'n otherwise decreed,
Those Eyes had ne'er the Saint's Life read,
But he had seen them, and to Hell had gone.
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Epigram III.
[Come Megg be quick, and make the Bed]
Come Megg be quick, and make the Bed,Now tuck the Feet, now place the Head,
I'll kiss you if you don't bestir ye;
Quoth Megg, I can't abide to hurry.
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