Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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In praise of Wine.
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In praise of Wine.
Cease to argue, for they err,
That sententiously severe
Dispraise the noble Wine:
'Tis the sober part of the World that is mad,
That musing and sad,
Defames the Juice of the Vine.
That sententiously severe
Dispraise the noble Wine:
'Tis the sober part of the World that is mad,
That musing and sad,
Defames the Juice of the Vine.
They that feigned the Gods carowsing,
But new Charms to Pleasures rowsing,
From high Example taught;
Lest Nature surpriz'd to hear Gravity cant,
Should Arguments want,
To convince the Formal Coat.
But new Charms to Pleasures rowsing,
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Lest Nature surpriz'd to hear Gravity cant,
Should Arguments want,
To convince the Formal Coat.
Turks forbid this pleasing Cup,
Forfeit Heaven to drink it up,
And swill Abonination:
For their Conquests untill'd, where Nectar did flow
Most plainly do shew
Their Prophets Impolitic Passion.
Forfeit Heaven to drink it up,
And swill Abonination:
For their Conquests untill'd, where Nectar did flow
Most plainly do shew
Their Prophets Impolitic Passion.
Give us then the happy Juice,
That doth wit and mirth infuse,
Which Mortals all admire:
By whose Charms they have given to Bacchus the praise,
But put to disgrace
The deserving Chief of Fire.
That doth wit and mirth infuse,
Which Mortals all admire:
By whose Charms they have given to Bacchus the praise,
But put to disgrace
The deserving Chief of Fire.
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Loyal Wine no Treason hatches,
But inspiring Odes and Catches,
Still provokes to new Delights:
'Tis Food is the Rebel, & your Gluttons are they,
That Vulture-like prey
Upon their Princes Rights.
But inspiring Odes and Catches,
Still provokes to new Delights:
'Tis Food is the Rebel, & your Gluttons are they,
That Vulture-like prey
Upon their Princes Rights.
For with vain and idle grudges,
To presume as Princes Judges
Of Princes Acts to Reason;
Is a Boldness so high and so void of Religion,
That Coffee less Stygian
Nere vented fouler Treason.
To presume as Princes Judges
Of Princes Acts to Reason;
Is a Boldness so high and so void of Religion,
That Coffee less Stygian
Nere vented fouler Treason.
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