State Tracts Containing Many Necessary Observations and Reflections on the State of our Affairs at Home and Abroad; With some Secret Memoirs. By the Author of the Examiner [i.e. William Oldisworth] |
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On a Gentleman and a Lady that fell in Love with each other at first Sight.
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On a Gentleman and a Lady that fell in Love with each other at first Sight.
When
Strephon saw Olinda's Charms
He own'd the Pow'r of Love:
He sigh'd and wish'd within his Arms,
He might the Blessing prove.
He own'd the Pow'r of Love:
He sigh'd and wish'd within his Arms,
He might the Blessing prove.
The silent Maid, divinely Fair
With Blushes strove in vain,
To stifle in her Breast the Fear
Of smiling on the Swain.
With Blushes strove in vain,
To stifle in her Breast the Fear
Of smiling on the Swain.
Both sigh'd and gaz'd while from their Eyes
Love spoke his Language plain,
Strephon confess'd the kind surprize,
Which she return'd again.
Love spoke his Language plain,
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Which she return'd again.
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