Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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To Damon. |
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To Damon.
Gay Fop! that know'st no higher Flights than Sense,What was it gave thee so much Impudence,
T'attempt the violation of a Shrine,
That lodg'd a Soul so Sacred, so Divine?
Her lovely Face might teach thee to Adore,
But cou'd not tempt thee to a loose Amour:
Such charming goodness in her Eyes appear,
Might strike a Satyr with an awful Fear;
But thou, less humane, and more wild than they,
Thy impious Passion durst before her lay:
Sweet Innocence, how she amazed stood,
To hear such Tales, how her affrighted blood
Flush'd in her Face, and then recoyl'd again,
To hear discourse so horridly Prophane!
She look'd such things might teach thee to despair,
Dissolve thy Being, fright thee into Air:
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The Sacred Lightning that flasht from her Eyes;
And by a second Guilt, durst tempt her Tongue
To thunder Vengeance on thee, for her Wrong.
Impious Criminal! for this Offence,
Heaven hardly will accept of Penitence:
In tempting of her Vertue, know that you
Have done more than the Devil dar'd to do:
Audacious Villain! sure, thou next wil't try
Deposing of thy God, to rule the Sky:
That Action hardly can more wicked be,
Than what already hath been done by Thee.
If e're again thy Crime thou do'st repeat,
Expect thy Ruine to be quick, and great.
With Thunder-bolts thou shalt be crush'd to Hell,
There with the Devils, and the Damn'd to dwell:
While that bright Maid, that thou would'st have betraid,
Shall be by Angels lov'd, by Men obey'd.
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