The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq In two volumes. With Decorations. The fourth edition |
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ODE to a young LADY, Somewhat too solicitous about her manner of expression. |
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The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq | ||
ODE to a young LADY, Somewhat too solicitous about her manner of expression.
Survey, my fair! that lucid stream
Adown the smiling valley stray;
Would art attempt, or fancy dream,
To regulate its winding way?
Adown the smiling valley stray;
Would art attempt, or fancy dream,
To regulate its winding way?
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So pleas'd I view thy shining hair
In loose dishevel'd ringlets flow:
Not all thy art, not all thy care
Can there one single grace bestow.
In loose dishevel'd ringlets flow:
Not all thy art, not all thy care
Can there one single grace bestow.
Survey again that verdant hill,
With native plants enamel'd o'er;
Say, can the painter's utmost skill
Instruct one flow'r to please us more?
With native plants enamel'd o'er;
Say, can the painter's utmost skill
Instruct one flow'r to please us more?
As vain it were, with artful dye,
To change the bloom thy cheeks disclose;
And oh may Laura, ere she try,
With fresh vermilion paint the rose.
To change the bloom thy cheeks disclose;
And oh may Laura, ere she try,
With fresh vermilion paint the rose.
Hark, how the wood-lark's tuneful throat
Can every study'd grace excel;
Let art constrain the rambling note,
And will she, Laura, please so well?
Can every study'd grace excel;
Let art constrain the rambling note,
And will she, Laura, please so well?
Oh ever keep thy native ease,
By no pedantic law confin'd!
For Laura's voice is form'd to please,
So Laura's words be not unkind.
By no pedantic law confin'd!
For Laura's voice is form'd to please,
So Laura's words be not unkind.
The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq | ||