The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
The Misplac'd Love.
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The Misplac'd Love.
I
How long will lovely Amaret complain,In gentle notes, that wound each list'ning ear?
How long, alas! will she delight in pain,
Which choice, not fate, inclines her soul to bear!
II
Strange paradox of love!—the vanquish'd maid,By cruel conquest, many still destroys!
What beauty gives her—passion has betray'd,
And love, misplac'd, prevented all her joys.
III
One way, and only one, does, yet, remain,Whereby, lost peace of mind you may restore,
Abandon'd ease, and your blest state regain,
And live for ever happy, as before.
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IV
Change, heedless fair one,—change your injur'd love,And bless poor A---r---n, with mutual flame;
So shall the wings of pleasure, round you, move,
And fan th' expanding fires, that blaze your fame.
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