 | The works, in verse and prose, of the late Robert Treat Paine, Jun. Esq |  |
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TO MISS F.
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The following lines appeared in the Centinel, February, 1793. They were sent to a beautiful young lady, on hearing her express a wish to ascend in Blanchard's Balloon.
Forbear, sweet girl; your scheme forego,
And thus our anxious troubles end:
That you will mount, full well we know,
But greatly fear you'll not descend.
And thus our anxious troubles end:
That you will mount, full well we know,
But greatly fear you'll not descend.
When Angels see a mortal rise,
So beautiful, divine and fair,
They'll not dismiss you from the skies,
But keep their sister Angel there.
So beautiful, divine and fair,
They'll not dismiss you from the skies,
But keep their sister Angel there.
| The works, in verse and prose, of the late Robert Treat Paine, Jun. Esq | |