The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto |
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XXXIV
THE EIGHTH ODE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE
Did any Punishment attend
Thy former Perjuries,
I should believe a second time,
Thy charming Flatteries:
Did but one Wrinkle mark this Face,
Or hadst thou lost one single Grace.
Thy former Perjuries,
I should believe a second time,
Thy charming Flatteries:
Did but one Wrinkle mark this Face,
Or hadst thou lost one single Grace.
No sooner hast thou, with false Vows,
Provok'd the Powers above;
But thou art fairer than before,
And we are more in love,
Thus Heaven and Earth seem to declare,
They pardon Falshood in the Fair.
Provok'd the Powers above;
But thou art fairer than before,
And we are more in love,
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They pardon Falshood in the Fair.
Sure 'tis no Crime vainly to swear,
By every Power on high,
And call our bury'd Mother's Ghost
A Witness to the Lye:
Heaven at such Perjury connives,
And Venus with a Smile forgives.
By every Power on high,
And call our bury'd Mother's Ghost
A Witness to the Lye:
Heaven at such Perjury connives,
And Venus with a Smile forgives.
The Nymphs and cruel Cupid too,
Sharp'ning his pointed Dart
On a old Hone, besmear'd with Blood,
Forbear thy perjur'd Heart.
Fresh Youth grows up, to wear thy Chains,
And the old Slave no Freedom gains.
Sharp'ning his pointed Dart
On a old Hone, besmear'd with Blood,
Forbear thy perjur'd Heart.
Fresh Youth grows up, to wear thy Chains,
And the old Slave no Freedom gains.
Thee, Mothers for their eldest Sons,
Thee, wretched Misers fear,
Lest thy prevailing Beauty should
Seduce the hopeful Heir:
New-marry'd Virgins fear thy Charms
Should keep their Bridegroom from their Arms.
Thee, wretched Misers fear,
Lest thy prevailing Beauty should
Seduce the hopeful Heir:
New-marry'd Virgins fear thy Charms
Should keep their Bridegroom from their Arms.
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