Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
Presented to a Gentleman in danger of being in Love with a Woman of bad Conduct.
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Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||
Presented to a Gentleman in danger of being in Love with a Woman of bad Conduct.
Given him when he was earnestly looking at her.
Beauty! thou bright Seducer of Mankind,Who oft in thee their certain Ruin find;
Remove thy tempting Colours of Delight,
Those gaudy Shadows that delude our Sight:
Far from my Eyes thy killing Charms remove,
For who can see thee and forbear to love?
Yet turn again—I've found a Nostrum sure,
Thy Mind is tainted, and my Heart's secure;
The Night of Vice, thy dazling Day invades,
And more, and more the tarnish'd Lustre fades.
Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||