Parnassi Puerperium or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More... |
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Verses made Ex tempore, and writ in a Ladies book; occasioned by a Friends recital, of that well-known Fancy of Doctor Corbets; Little Lute, when I am gone, &c. And referring to the Covers of a singing Book, Painted with Slips of Flowers, to several statues, which were there view'd; and bitter Cherries, tasted of by the Author. The Lady being absent, &c.
1
When my voracious Eyes first lent a Look,Unto the Florid Covers of thy Book;
I fondly thought this happy Hour,
Might blesse Me with my wished Flower.
2
But since my Hopes deluded Me; I went,And some sad Musings, in the Garden spent.
Where I, 'cause thou wert Absent, (Dearest Love)
Became the statue of a mourning Dove.
3
My sights swift wheels rapidly roul'd about,That it some friendly moisture, might find out,
To quench my flaming Brest. Alasse,
Thou hid'st thy Rayes, and I dim-sighted was.
4
At last, a smiling Cherry, did inviteTh'Embraces of, my gasping Appetite;
My Taste expected Bitternesse did meet:
In all the World, for onely thou art sweet.
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