Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis or The Kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague. In Latin and English Verse. With the Life of Secundus, and a Critic upon his Basia. Adorn'd with a Cut of the Author, and another of his Mistress Julia, engrav'd by the famous Bernard Picart the Roman [by George Ogle] |
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KISS XII.
Why turn your modest Looks aside?
Matrons, and Maids! affected Pride!
Here no indecent Measures fear,
Ye Matrons strict! Ye Maids severe!
Of Gods, I sing, no monstrous Shapes.
Of Nymphs I sing, no lustfull Rapes.
No Words are here of wanton sound!—
No Words! that wont nice Ears to wound;
But all confin'd to strictest Rules.
Pedants might teach Them in their Schools.
Sweet Kisses my soft Lays inspire;
Chaste Priest of the Aonian Choir!
Matrons, and Maids! affected Pride!
Here no indecent Measures fear,
Ye Matrons strict! Ye Maids severe!
Of Gods, I sing, no monstrous Shapes.
Of Nymphs I sing, no lustfull Rapes.
No Words are here of wanton sound!—
No Words! that wont nice Ears to wound;
But all confin'd to strictest Rules.
Pedants might teach Them in their Schools.
Sweet Kisses my soft Lays inspire;
Chaste Priest of the Aonian Choir!
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No longer, with affected Pride,
The Maids, and Matrons turn aside.
Witless, perhaps, what I had said,—
What Words my Lips had well-nigh fled.—
Alas!— Not loosest. Words They fear;
Strict, but in Show, in Look, Severe.
Hence, Matron-Tribe, and Maiden-Train!
Hence, Ye Impertinent and Vain!
How much more delicate of Taste
Neæra, much more truly chaste?
A wanton Lover sure to chuse!
But sure to fly a wanton Muse!
The Maids, and Matrons turn aside.
Witless, perhaps, what I had said,—
What Words my Lips had well-nigh fled.—
Alas!— Not loosest. Words They fear;
Strict, but in Show, in Look, Severe.
Hence, Matron-Tribe, and Maiden-Train!
Hence, Ye Impertinent and Vain!
How much more delicate of Taste
Neæra, much more truly chaste?
A wanton Lover sure to chuse!
But sure to fly a wanton Muse!
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