Essays upon Several Subjects In Prose and Verse Written by the Lady Chudleigh |
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[Sincerity's my chief Delight] |
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[Sincerity's my chief Delight]
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Sincerity's my chief Delight,The darling Pleasure of my Mind:
O that I cou'd to her invite
All the whole Race of Humane Kind:
This Beauty, full of tempting Charms,
I freely tender to their Arms.
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Take her Mortals, she's worth more,Than all your Glory, all your Fame,
Than all your glitt'ring boasted Store,
Than all the things that you can name:
She'll with her bring a Joy Divine,
All that's good, and all that's fine.
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Will soon your Hearts in one unite,No disagreeing Interest leave;
Love shall to all things give a Right,
And Men shall never more deceive:
Slander and Envy then shall cease,
And Friendship every where encrease.
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The World shall then as happy be,As 'twas in Saturn's blissful Reign,
All who the wondrous Change shall see,
Will think that Age restor'd again,
And bless their Fate for being born,
Where Truth does ev'ry Breast adorn.
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