Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
To DELIA.
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To DELIA.
About the light as the poor FlyDoth flutter and approach so nigh,
Till up and down as she still skips,
Her Lawny Wings with fire she clips:
So my Affection bout the Eyes
Of Heart-inflaming Delia flyes;
Till Phœnix-like they into Ashes burn,
And new Affections still rise from their Urn.
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