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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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LUSUS PILÆ AMATORIUS Ex Nive coacta.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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LUSUS PILÆ AMATORIUS Ex Nive coacta.

Epigramma Petronii Affranii.

The Same translated.

From Julia's Hand a Snow-Ball came,
I thought it Ice, but felt it Flame:
See! as the harden'd Fleece she throws,
The Substance kindles as it goes,

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Forgets its native Cold, when press't
By her soft Hand, and burns my Breast.
Where safe from Love shall I retire,
If Snow contains a latent Fire?
Julia, thy Love alone can ease
Our Pains, and quench the Fires you raise.