Poems on Several Occasions With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures |
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CANTATA VI. THE COQUET.
Recitative.
Airy CLOE, proud and young,The fairest Tyrant of the Plain,
Laugh'd at her adoring Swain.
He sadly sigh'd—She gaily sung,
And, wanton, thus reproach'd his Pain.
AIR.
Leave me, silly Shepherd, go;You only tell me what I know,
You view a thousand Charms in me;
Then cease thy Pray'rs, I'll kinder grow,
When I can view such Charms in thee.
Leave me, silly Shepherd, go;
You only tell me what I know,
You view a thousand Charms in me.
Recitative.
AMYNTOR, fir'd by this Disdain,Curs'd the proud Fair, and broke his Chain;
He rav'd, and at the Scorner swore,
And vow'd, he'd be Love's Fool no more—
But CLOE smil'd, and thus she call'd him back again.
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AIR.
Shepherd, this I've done to prove thee,Now thou art a Man, I love thee,
And without a Blush resign.
But ungrateful is the Passion,
And destroys our Inclination,
When, like Slaves, our Lovers whine.
Shepherd, this I've done to prove thee,
Now thou art a Man, I love thee,
And without a Blush resign.
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