A collection of poems on various subjects including the theatre, a didactic essay; in the course of which are pointed out, the rocks and shoals to which deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed. Ornamented with cuts and illustrated with notes, original letters and curious incidental anecdotes [by Samuel Whyte] |
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THE APPLE, AN IMITATION, FROM THE GREEK OF PLATO,
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THE APPLE, AN IMITATION, FROM THE GREEK OF PLATO,
AS PRESERVED BY DIOGENES LAERTIUS, IN HIS THIRD BOOK, FROM WHICH WALLER TOOK THE IDEA OF HIS BEAUTIFUL POEM, GO LOVELY ROSE!
To Delia, thee, Hesperian fruit! I send,Where autumn's hues with vernal colours blend;
A rich return my Delia can impart,
The secret treasures of a virgin heart;
But if no secret treasures thou can'st gain,
And Delia's rose blooms but to give us pain,
Tell her the withering breath of swift decay,
That wastes thy sweets, will waft her bloom away;
Bid her with yielding blushes meet desire,
Nor with untasted charms unblest expire;
Show her how soon thy glowing beauties fade,
And by thy fate instruct the lovely maid.
| A collection of poems on various subjects | |