Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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By no such borrow'd charms, nor spurious arts,
Our Oxford ladies reign o'er youthful hearts;
In their own native, naked charms they shine,
Smug chamber-maids and sempstresses divine,
Smart laundresses on Saturdays so clean,
And bed-makers on every day between,
The beggar's off-spring to the parish left,
And college bastards of their sires bereft,
Nymphs without smocks our tender hearts surprize,
And deities in rags attract our eyes.
Our Oxford ladies reign o'er youthful hearts;
In their own native, naked charms they shine,
Smug chamber-maids and sempstresses divine,
Smart laundresses on Saturdays so clean,
And bed-makers on every day between,
The beggar's off-spring to the parish left,
And college bastards of their sires bereft,
Nymphs without smocks our tender hearts surprize,
And deities in rags attract our eyes.
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