Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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How happy is the MaidThat lives a rural Life!
By no false Views betray'd
To know domestic Strife.
No Passion sways her Mind;
No Wishes to be great:
To humble Hopes confin'd
She shuns the flatt'ring Bait.
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Her Soul with calm Disdain,Above the Pomp of Pride,
Beholds the Rich and Vain
In gilded Fetters ty'd:
While Titles, Wealth and Pow'r,
The gaudy Scene display;
And Pageants of an Hour
In Darkness glide away.
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But if some gentle BoyHer faithful Bosom share,
He doubles all her Joy,
And lessens all her Care:
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The mutual Bliss improve,
And give perpetual Spring
To Virtue, Truth, and Love.
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