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The Short ENJOYMENT.
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To the same.
Hence flatt'ring Fate, with hypocritick wiles!
Thou that didst cheat me with Sardonic smiles!
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And give me Honey thus to swallow Gall?
Thou shewd'st a chearful Countenance, as they
Who lavish Smiles, but Smiles that will betray.
Though one Look from her can inrich my fate,
There is no man but would increase his State.
Alas! like Sun-shine seen in cloudy dayes,
I only saw a glimm'ring of her Rayes.
Fortune on some bestowes a happy fate,
Only to make them more unfortunate.
Beasts for the Sacrifice were crown'd with Wreaths;
And sometimes men are brisk before their deaths.
Deceiving twilight! checquer'd with the powers
Of Light and Darkness! thus the April-showers
Drown'd the faint Sun-beams: Midwives daily try,
We're born no sooner than have cause to cry.
Thus did I see her, but soon lost her sight;
She, and the Sun withdraw their Beams at night.
She, like a fatal flash of Lightning, shin'd
With sudden glance, only to strike me blind.
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