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Mr. Cooke's Original Poems

with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For perfecting the English Language
Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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EPIGRAM the Second. To the Same.

Phillis no longer ask me with Surprise,
Why now I view thee with indiff'rent Eyes.
False Worship long with Rapture have I pay'd,
And idoliz'd thee in a painted Maid;
But I no more prefer of Love the Vow,
Nor to the Idol of an Idol bow.
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