Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
 |
 |
Love's first Approach. |
 | Female Poems On Several Occasions |  |
7
Love's first Approach.
Strephon I saw, and started at the sight,And interchangably look'd red and white;
I felt my Blood run swiftly to my heart,
And a chill Trembling seize each outward part:
My Breath grew short, my Pulse did quicker beat,
My Heart did heave, as it wou'd change its Seat:
A faint cold Sweat o're all my Body spread,
A giddy Megrim wheel'd about my head:
VVhen for the reason of this change I sought,
I sound my Eyes had all the mischief wrought;
For they my Soul to Strephon had betray'd,
And my weak heart his willing Victim made:
The Traytors, conscious of the Treason
They had committed 'gainst my Reason,
Look'd down with such a bashful guilty Fear,
As made their Fault to every Eye appear.
Tho the first fatal Look too much had done,
The lawless wanderers wou'd still gaze on,
8
Had look'd my Liberty and Heart away:
Great Love, I yield; send no more Darts in vain,
I am already fond of my soft Chain;
Proud of my Fetters, so pleas'd with my state,
That I the very Thoughts of Freedom hate.
O Mighty Love! thy Art and Power joyn,
To make his Frozen breast as warm as mine;
But if thou try'st, and can'st not make him kind,
In Love such pleasant, real Sweets I find;
That though attended with Despair it be,
'Tis better still than a wild Liberty.
| Female Poems On Several Occasions | |