The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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To Daphne.
Daphne , you'd fain be cross and rude,And Pass in earnest for a Prude;
Still calling on the Pow'rs above,
To hinder you, from what you love.
Fond Self-Tormentor, 'tis in vain!
You was not born for Virtue's Chain!
Your heaving Breast too well reveals
The Struggle which poor Honour feels.
So ill you act th' affected Part,
With so much Truth, so little Art,
That 'tis meer Folly, to delay
What you must grant another Day.
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