A Collection of Original Poems By Samuel Derrick |
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VERSES addressed to Mrs. Davis on her performing the part of the Lady in Comus. |
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VERSES addressed to Mrs. Davis on her performing the part of the Lady in Comus.
Oh! thou adorn'd with unaffected ease,
Whose slightest gesture cannot fail to please;
When you appear each fluttering heart is warm'd,
But when you speak th'impartial judgment's charm'd.
In ev'ry step propriety we trace;
And ev'ry passion vary'd in thy face.
Whose slightest gesture cannot fail to please;
When you appear each fluttering heart is warm'd,
But when you speak th'impartial judgment's charm'd.
In ev'ry step propriety we trace;
And ev'ry passion vary'd in thy face.
If virtue's gen'rous dictates fire the breast,
In the immortal Milton's language drest;
By thee enforc'd more strongly still it sways,
For imitating thee, ourselves we praise.
In the immortal Milton's language drest;
By thee enforc'd more strongly still it sways,
For imitating thee, ourselves we praise.
Comus, in vain his rosy chaplets twines;
His grot in vain with soft temptation shines;
To snare the heart his high allurements fail:
Thy bright example must o'er all prevail;
And Milton's-self, if living, had admir'd,
To find himself by thee still more inspir'd.
His grot in vain with soft temptation shines;
To snare the heart his high allurements fail:
Thy bright example must o'er all prevail;
And Milton's-self, if living, had admir'd,
To find himself by thee still more inspir'd.
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