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To be written under the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture.
Had she but liv'd in Cleopatra's Age,
When Beauty did the Earth's great Lord engage;
Britain, not Egypt, had been glorious made,
Augustus then like Julius had obey'd.
A nobler Theme had been this Poet's Boast,
That all the World for Love had well been lost.
When Beauty did the Earth's great Lord engage;
Britain, not Egypt, had been glorious made,
Augustus then like Julius had obey'd.
A nobler Theme had been this Poet's Boast,
That all the World for Love had well been lost.
ANSWER.
Oh that she'ad liv'd in Cleopatra's Age,And not in ours, to fill us all with Rage!
To see Great Britain thus by her betray'd,
And Ch***es, who once was great, a Beggar made.
Of such a Theme no Poet sure will boast,
That would have stole the Pearl that then was lost.
ANOTHER.
Sure we do live in Cleopatra's Age,Since Sun**land does govern now the Stage.
She of Septimius had nothing made,
Pompey alone had been by her betray'd.
Were she a Poet she would surely boast,
That all the World for Pearls had well been lost.
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