Original poems on several subjects In two volumes. By William Stevenson |
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To Miss Annie Hamilton. |
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To Miss Annie Hamilton.
Tir'd of the city's splendid shows,Almira to the country goes;
Happy from noise, sedans, and coaches,
As some pale meagre lord approaches;
From dirty lanes, and crouded streets,
Where villain oft with villain meets;
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And compliments that but encumber;
From routs and drums, and midnight revels,
The import of our modern travels;
From smoke in many a stagnate wreath,
And vapours that diseases breathe;
From this strange group which some admire,
Happy, thrice happy, to retire;
To feel the cheek with heat suffus'd,
By walks and exercise amus'd;
To suck in health, through rustling trees,
From many an odour-wafting breeze;
To taste those pleasures Silence gives,
To her denied in crouds that lives:
Not with much recollection vain,
That swells regret, and creates pain,
Of town amusements, show, and pomp,
Made for the fop, coquet, and romp;
Like some the conscious verse might name,
Did it not wound the sex's fame.
Nor would Ardelia wish to share,
A fit example to the fair,
A compliment, by her ingross'd
Invidious at the sex's cost.
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