Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
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To the Ladies at ---, having pass'd one Day with them.
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To the Ladies at ---, having pass'd one Day with them.
Inclos'd in a Letter of Invitation.
He who from Birth has liv'd in endless Night,And never known the Blessings of the Light;
May, un-repining, pass his darksome Hours,
A Stranger to the Sun's refulgent Pow'rs:
But he who once has seen his golden Ray,
And known the gaudy Beams that make the Day;
Hath seen the lovely Prospect Nature yields,
The flow'ry Gardens, and the fertile Fields;
The Earth, the Sea, the wide expanded Skies,
In which ten Thousand shining Wonders rise;
And, after this, his precious Sight must lose,
Must be depriv'd of these enchanting Views!
In sad Reflection will his Thoughts employ,
And languish for the dear departed Joy.
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Whose Sense and Beauty so distinguish'd reign;
Whose well-bred Converse, easy, quick, refin'd,
Sweetly engages the fond hearer's Mind;
In fruitless Wishes tedious Moments waste,
And gladly would repeat the Pleasure past:
But had I never seen fair L---'s Shades,
Where I beheld the Joy-dispensing Maids;
Content, and undesiring I had been,
A Stranger to the much-delighting Scene.
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