Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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To Scornful Sylvia.
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To Scornful Sylvia.
Oh fie upon this needless scorn,
Sylvia for shame thy Cheat give o'er;
The end for which the Fair were born,
Is not to keep their Charms in store.
But lavishly dispose in hast
Of Joys which none but Youth improve;
Joys which decay when Beauty's past,
And who when Beauties past will love?
Sylvia for shame thy Cheat give o'er;
The end for which the Fair were born,
Is not to keep their Charms in store.
But lavishly dispose in hast
Of Joys which none but Youth improve;
Joys which decay when Beauty's past,
And who when Beauties past will love?
When Age these Glories shall deface,
Revenging all your cold disdain;
And Sylvia shall neglected pass
By every brisk admiring Swain.
And we can onely pity pay,
When you alone too late shall burn,
If Love decrease and Youth decay,
Ah Sylvia who will make return?
Revenging all your cold disdain;
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By every brisk admiring Swain.
And we can onely pity pay,
When you alone too late shall burn,
If Love decrease and Youth decay,
Ah Sylvia who will make return?
Then haste my Sylvia to the Grove,
Where all the Sweets of May conspire,
To teach us every Art of Love,
And raise our Charms of Pleasure higher.
And when embracing we shall lie,
Closely in Shades on Banks of Flowers;
The duller World we'll then defie,
Years will be Minutes, Ages Hours.
Where all the Sweets of May conspire,
To teach us every Art of Love,
And raise our Charms of Pleasure higher.
And when embracing we shall lie,
Closely in Shades on Banks of Flowers;
The duller World we'll then defie,
Years will be Minutes, Ages Hours.
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