Female Poems On Several Occasions Written by Ephelia. The Second Edition, with large Additions |
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Upon the view of his Mistress Face in a Glass.
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Upon the view of his Mistress Face in a Glass.
Ah cruel Glass, didst thou not seeCloris alone too hard for me?
Perceiv'dst thou not her charming sight
Did ravish mine in cruel sight?
But then another she must frame,
Whose single Forces well might tame
A Lovers Heart; no Humane one
Is proof against her force alone.
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The Beauteous Vision to salute;
But that, like Air in figur'd Charms,
Deceiv'd the ambush of my Arms.
'Twas some wise Angel her shape took,
That so he might more heavenly look.
I her old Captive now do yield
Her shadowed self another field;
By such odds overcome to die,
Is no dishonour'd Victory.
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