Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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A Rapture.
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A Rapture.
Hence, hence, you vain Fantastic Fears
Of Ills to come we know not where:
Stand off with thy Infernal Face,
Don't fright me from my Love's Embrace.
To what a height should we love on,
Were thou and all thy Shadows gone?
Of Ills to come we know not where:
Stand off with thy Infernal Face,
Don't fright me from my Love's Embrace.
To what a height should we love on,
Were thou and all thy Shadows gone?
Sigh, sigh no more, to cry forbear,
To sin we neither must nor dare:
If sin can in such pleasure dwell,
Or such can be the Gates of Hell,
What Flesh can hold from entering in?
Heavens forgive so sweet a sin!
To sin we neither must nor dare:
If sin can in such pleasure dwell,
Or such can be the Gates of Hell,
What Flesh can hold from entering in?
Heavens forgive so sweet a sin!
Down, down, she doth begin to fall,
And now the Shadows vanish all;
And now the Gates are ope to bliss,
See how we enter Paradise;
Where envying Angels flock to view,
And wonder what it is we do.
And now the Shadows vanish all;
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See how we enter Paradise;
Where envying Angels flock to view,
And wonder what it is we do.
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