Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Shame.
See Blushing.
She threw her Body prostrate on the Bed,
And to conceal her Blushes hid her Head:
Oh go! or question me no more, she said,
But spare the Blushes of a wretched Maid.—
And to conceal her Blushes hid her Head:
Oh go! or question me no more, she said,
But spare the Blushes of a wretched Maid.—
Again she rais'd her Head: but soon oppress'd
With Shame, reclin'd it on her Nurse's Breast:
Bath'd it with Tears, and strove to have confess'd.
Twice she began, and stopp'd: again she try'd:
The falt'ring Tongue its Office still deny'd:
At last her Veil before her Face she spread.—
With Shame, reclin'd it on her Nurse's Breast:
Bath'd it with Tears, and strove to have confess'd.
Twice she began, and stopp'd: again she try'd:
The falt'ring Tongue its Office still deny'd:
At last her Veil before her Face she spread.—
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