The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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ON THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, AT THE FANCY-BALL, FRIDAY, March 16th, 1769. |
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ON THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, AT THE FANCY-BALL, FRIDAY, March 16th, 1769.
Three Forms like these had Paris seen,
Of old, on Ida's fabled Brow,
The lovely Preference, I ween,
Had scarcely been decided now:
Of old, on Ida's fabled Brow,
The lovely Preference, I ween,
Had scarcely been decided now:
For, sure, 'twere difficult to say,
On whom the envy'd Lot should fall,
When each could boast (as each here may)
The blended Excellence of all.
On whom the envy'd Lot should fall,
When each could boast (as each here may)
The blended Excellence of all.
Yet, Truth to speak, had I the Fruit,
Lest Rage in Sister-Hearts should glow,
I'd end at once the whole Dispute,
And give the Apple to Munro.
Lest Rage in Sister-Hearts should glow,
I'd end at once the whole Dispute,
And give the Apple to Munro.
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