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Marinda

Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions [by Mary Monck]

Monck, Mary (ca. 1677-1715)

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To a Friend of Marinda's that did not enough admire the Empress.

What, has Marinda's Form so fill'd thy Mind,
No other Object can admittance find?
Must he renounce all farther use of Sight
That once approaches that refulgent Light?
So if by Chance th'adventrous Swain espy'd
By a clear Brook, or shady Covert's side,

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One of th'Immortal Dames, the Poets feign'd
The Youth to future Objects blind remain'd,
Struck with the heavenly Charms to that Degree,
He neither cou'd, nor wish'd again to see.