Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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CONSTANCY.
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How firmly fix'd I thought my HeartWhen Phyllis first I knew!
So deep the Wound, so sharp the Dart,
I must be ever true.
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Such dazling charms her glances shot,Her eyes such pointed rays,
I sigh'd, and wish'd it were my lot
Eternally to gaze.
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Long did I serve the gentle Dame,Pine, languish, and adore;
'Till on a time Pastora came,
And Phyllis was no more.
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Pastora seiz'd my Heart with Joy;Small cause had she to boast,
For soon the restless wand'ring Toy
Was to Belinda lost.
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I thought Belinda was divine,So fair, so gay, so young:
Belinda, I had still been thine,
If Chloe had not sung.
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For Belvidera next I bled,And woo'd her with my tears,
'Till Delia took me in her stead,
And Amoret in hers.
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Like me, ye Swains, your time improve,And Woman's Pride will fall:
Be never true to One in Love,
But constant to them All.
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