Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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To the Angry Eugenia.
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To the Angry Eugenia.
[Incensed Fair One! if Forgiveness be]
Incensed Fair One! if Forgiveness beNot in thy Power to extend to Me;
Which to believe, were such an impious Thought,
Heav'n scarce wou'd pardon, tho with Tears 'twere sought.
Destroy at once the Creature that you hate,
And wrack me not with a sad ling'ring Fate:
Yet e're I Die, permit some small Defence,
Not that I will pretend to Innocence;
That were to think that You have been Unjust,
Which let me Perish when I once Mistrust.
With all that Rev'rence that a Pious Jew
Wou'd name Jehovah, I should Speak of You:
But I, prophanely nam'd you in the Ear
Of Crowds unfit such Sacred Sounds to hear:
Yet what I said, if traced, you will find,
Tho short of you, out-did all Woman-kind.
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To tell the Worth it had Adored long.
My Life will witness this; for, Madam, know,
I love too well to Live and Injure You.
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