Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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No Reason to be given.
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No Reason to be given.
Ah
Celia, when we lately lov'd,
Then I enjoy'd your Heart alone;
And you my Passion too approv'd,
And call'd me still your Loyal one.
Then I enjoy'd your Heart alone;
And you my Passion too approv'd,
And call'd me still your Loyal one.
When equal Flames and like Desires
Lay sparkling in each others eyes,
And all the Joys that Love inspires
Were then the subject of our Fires:
Lay sparkling in each others eyes,
And all the Joys that Love inspires
Were then the subject of our Fires:
There was no Coyness to embrace,
At which the sowre can onely wonder:
For what the Souls think no disgrace,
The Bodies ne'er could part asunder.
At which the sowre can onely wonder:
For what the Souls think no disgrace,
The Bodies ne'er could part asunder.
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And who can tell how often we
By joyning Lips have Souls exchang'd,
While Pleasure triumph'd thus to see
Th'exchang'd so pleasantly reveng'd.
By joyning Lips have Souls exchang'd,
While Pleasure triumph'd thus to see
Th'exchang'd so pleasantly reveng'd.
Yet still our Flames were pure and chaste,
As chaste as are the morning Beams;
How chanc'd it then they did not last,
What Fuel fail'd to feed such Flames?
As chaste as are the morning Beams;
How chanc'd it then they did not last,
What Fuel fail'd to feed such Flames?
Ah Celia, Celia, well thou knowst,
It was no fault of thine or mine;
But truest Lovers must be crost,
When ever Love and Fate combine.
It was no fault of thine or mine;
But truest Lovers must be crost,
When ever Love and Fate combine.
Else Love and Fate had different aims;
And Love (to curb Fates envious pow'r)
Himself put out those am'rous Flames,
Which he had cherished so before.
And Love (to curb Fates envious pow'r)
Himself put out those am'rous Flames,
Which he had cherished so before.
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