 | The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne |  |
CORINNA.
Corinna, in the Bloom of Youth
Was coy to ev'ry Lover,
Regardless of the tend'rest Truth,
No soft Complaint could move her.
Was coy to ev'ry Lover,
Regardless of the tend'rest Truth,
No soft Complaint could move her.
Mankind was hers, all at her Feet
Lay prostrate and adoring;
The Witty, Handsome, Rich, and Great,
In vain alike imploring.
Lay prostrate and adoring;
The Witty, Handsome, Rich, and Great,
In vain alike imploring.
But now grown old, she would repair
Her Loss of Time, and Pleasure;
With willing Eyes, and wanton Air,
Inviting every Gazer.
Her Loss of Time, and Pleasure;
With willing Eyes, and wanton Air,
Inviting every Gazer.
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But Love's a Summer Flow'r, that dies
With the first Weather's changing,
The Lover, like the Swallow, flies
From Sun to Sun, still ranging.
With the first Weather's changing,
The Lover, like the Swallow, flies
From Sun to Sun, still ranging.
Mira, let this Example move
Your foolish Heart to Reason;
Youth is the proper Time for Love,
And Age is Virtue's Season.
Your foolish Heart to Reason;
Youth is the proper Time for Love,
And Age is Virtue's Season.
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