Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson Dedicated by permission to His Grace the duke of Northumberland: Consisting of The Comedy of the fugitive, and a few short poems; with a sketch of the life of the author by an intimate friend; in which those numbers of the rolliads and probationary odes written by Mr. Richardson are particularized. The whole collected and prepared for the press by Mrs. Richardson |
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SONG INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE BEFORE-MENTIONED AFTER-PIECE.
I
Say what is love so widely prais'dIn tuneful lay and cadence rude?
'T is just esteem by passion rais'd,
'T is tender ardent gratitude.
Then British maids shall ever prove
That honour is the soul of love.
II
'T is not the flame that feebly playsIn hearts benumb'd by wealth and rest;
'T is not the fierce relentless blaze
That transient fires the wanderer's breast:
Nought such do British maids approve,
Or sanction with the name of love.
III
The gallant sailor braves the main,Forgetting danger, death, and fear;
Yet still his faithful hopes retain
The cherish'd image of his dear.
To him then beauty's smiles shall prove
That valour bears a claim to love.
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