The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
To Lady W---.
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The Works of the Late Aaron Hill | ||
To Lady W---.
Age
has but one defect—and that's decay:
Your beauty fades not, and your graces stay;
All the dear difference, that your years inspire,
Is ripen'd wisdom, and increase of fire;
Bright'ning, by age, you glow, like gold, in mines,
That length of time corrodes not, but refines!
Your beauty fades not, and your graces stay;
All the dear difference, that your years inspire,
Is ripen'd wisdom, and increase of fire;
Bright'ning, by age, you glow, like gold, in mines,
That length of time corrodes not, but refines!
Yet, from this groundless wrong, you've done your charms,
Let my instructed wishes catch alarms;
If your time's short—Ah! rob not, while you stay—
Leave the night mine—or, you begloom the day.
Let my instructed wishes catch alarms;
If your time's short—Ah! rob not, while you stay—
Leave the night mine—or, you begloom the day.
The Works of the Late Aaron Hill | ||