A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
EPIGRAM. |
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EPIGRAM.
Thus poor autumnal Delia said,(As Delia in her glass survey'd
A withering neck, a wrinkling face)
“O ever hide the foul disgrace!”
Thus Delia said, and fetched a sigh,
The glass still ready to comply,
A sympathizing dullness wore,
And shewed her fading charms no more.
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