Poems on Several Occasions With Imitations from Horace, Ovid, Martial, Theocritus, Bachylides, Anacreon, &c. To which is prefix'd A Discourse on Criticism, and the Liberty of Writing. In a letter to a Friend. By Samuel Cobb ... The Third Edition. To which is added, Poems on the Duke of Marlborough, Prince Eugene, the Electoral Prince of Hannover, with other Poems. Never before Printed |
Daphne's Denyal |
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Daphne's Denyal
I
When Daphne o'er the Meadows fledTo save her untouch'd Maidenhead,
And shun Apollo's Suit:
The haughty Virgin did not fear
His certain Darts, nor scorn to hear
The Musick of his Lute.
II
No: something else must needs createThe Cause of such a cruel Hate:
And this was her Condition;
She lov'd the God, as he was fair,
And of a bright immortal Air,
But hated the Physician.
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