Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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CUPID's Reply. |
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CUPID's Reply.
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Come tell me Cupid, Venus cries,And speak, if possible, sincere,
What mortal Beauty boasts such Eyes
As these? The God reply'd, Kildare.
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But see, my Child, this Form of mine,What Charms, what Graces wanton there,
Who equals now this Bloom divine?
Persisting Cupid cries, Kildare.
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This Skin excells the Virgin Snow,These Lips, these Cheeks the Soul ensnare,
Can fairest Forms such Beauties show?
Cries Cupid, go—, observe Kildare.
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Her Innocence let Cynthia boast,And Wisdom's Queen her Virtues rare,
Yet their united Charms, at most,
Will prove faint Copies of Kildare.
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