The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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TO MRS. ROBINSON,
BY THE LATE ROBERT OLIPHANT, Esq. Of Clare Hall, Cambridge.
Admir'd and lovely as the Paphian maid,
Bright beauty's model, love's bewitching form,
Ah! gentle Laura, thus in smiles array'd,
My flinty heart to tender hopes can warm.
Bright beauty's model, love's bewitching form,
Ah! gentle Laura, thus in smiles array'd,
My flinty heart to tender hopes can warm.
Unpitied must he grieve who loves thee so?
Say, must he steal subdued from ev'ry eye?
Ah! if condemn'd to bear this load of woe,
Say but “despair,” and bid thy victim die.
Say, must he steal subdued from ev'ry eye?
Ah! if condemn'd to bear this load of woe,
Say but “despair,” and bid thy victim die.
Some pity then will from thy lips depart,
Some comfort visit him who loves but thee,
Who feels thy beauty wind about his heart,
And struggling pants for death to set him free;
Yet if thy cruel heart refuse to save,
I only ask one tear to glisten on my grave.
Some comfort visit him who loves but thee,
Who feels thy beauty wind about his heart,
And struggling pants for death to set him free;
Yet if thy cruel heart refuse to save,
I only ask one tear to glisten on my grave.
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