The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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To a Friend,
who turn'd Roman Catholic upon Marriage.
Strange Force of Beauty to controulThe Mind, and catch the sinking Soul!
Fond Proselyte! you plainly prove
No Jesuit can preach like Love,
Nor all the Doctors of Sorbonne
E'er do, what Laura's Smiles have done.
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