Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
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On a Lady who refused the Address of four Gentlemen eminent in their Profession, and died a Maid.
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Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||
On a Lady who refused the Address of four Gentlemen eminent in their Profession, and died a Maid.
How great must be young Celia's Pow'r,
Courted and lov'd at once by Four?
Distinguish'd each in his Profession,
Her Charms were sure beyond expression.
Courted and lov'd at once by Four?
Distinguish'd each in his Profession,
Her Charms were sure beyond expression.
Physic, whose healing Drugs remove,
All Pangs but those of fever'd Love,
And knows to soften ev'ry Pain,
Sues Celia to comply in vain.
All Pangs but those of fever'd Love,
And knows to soften ev'ry Pain,
Sues Celia to comply in vain.
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Severer Law, great Albion's Pride,
Lays now his Gravity aside;
Surpris'd by Celia's Wit and Air,
Yet fruitless are his Vows and Pray'r.
Lays now his Gravity aside;
Surpris'd by Celia's Wit and Air,
Yet fruitless are his Vows and Pray'r.
Sacred Divinity aspires,
And Celia, heav'nly fair, admires;
He meets not with a kind Return,
But must in secret Anguish burn.
And Celia, heav'nly fair, admires;
He meets not with a kind Return,
But must in secret Anguish burn.
Nor can Apollo's Son prevail,
But sings in vain, his love-sick Tale;
The Poet's Verse and Laurel dies,
Touch'd by the Fire of Celia's Eyes.—
But sings in vain, his love-sick Tale;
The Poet's Verse and Laurel dies,
Touch'd by the Fire of Celia's Eyes.—
The beauteous Charmer knew her Birth,
She sprung from Race divine,
Nor would she deign to mix with Earth,
And with a Mortal join.
She sprung from Race divine,
Nor would she deign to mix with Earth,
And with a Mortal join.
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But quick she took to Heav'n her Flight,
With heav'nly Forms to pair;
And roves through endless Scenes of Light,
Herself an Angel there.
With heav'nly Forms to pair;
And roves through endless Scenes of Light,
Herself an Angel there.
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Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||