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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ÆNIGMA.
Soft Dream of Virgins! happy Matron's Pride!
You Peace restore, you Empires can divide,
More powerful than Friendship's sacred Tye,
Riches, Ambition, or Philosophy!
You Peace restore, you Empires can divide,
More powerful than Friendship's sacred Tye,
Riches, Ambition, or Philosophy!
Tho' blind, yet bold; tho' dumb, you teach to speak,
In Action strong, and thro' your Triumphs weak;
Eager, as hasty Torrents, when controul'd;
When unresisted, whimsically cold.
In Action strong, and thro' your Triumphs weak;
Eager, as hasty Torrents, when controul'd;
When unresisted, whimsically cold.
That you are just, your very Foes agree,
Partial to neither Sex, and no Degree;
But visit both the Wealthy, and the Poor,
And knock, like equal Death, at ev'ry Door.
Nor do you swell, vain glorious, with Success;
But, after Conquest still retir'd, and less,
The Hero, and the Sage at once confess.
Partial to neither Sex, and no Degree;
But visit both the Wealthy, and the Poor,
And knock, like equal Death, at ev'ry Door.
Nor do you swell, vain glorious, with Success;
But, after Conquest still retir'd, and less,
The Hero, and the Sage at once confess.
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