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Strephon's Revenge

A Satire on the Oxford Toasts. The Third Edition Corrected [by Nicholas Amhurst]

Amhurst, N. (1697-1742)

[dedication]

Advice to Cælia and Belinda.

CATULLUS.

Belinda defended.

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CATULLUS.

ELEGY XLI.

To Belinda.

Hail, O Belinda, flatter'd Fair,
With brazen Front, and colour'd Hair;
With no small Prominence of Chin,
A doubtful Fame, a borrow'd Skin,
Whose Eyes no winning Graces boast
Of Beardless Boys, the fav'rite Toast;
With Laura durst thy Pride compare?
Thee shall a beauteous Age call fair?

Shall Oxford Lovers grow so blind?
O! foolish Age! O! dull Mankind!