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On a Young Gentleman, and His Sister, who, by an Accident at Play, lost each of them an Eye.

From AUSONIUS.

Thyrsis , and CHLOE, on One Fatal Night
Lost each an Eye: The Nymph her Left, the Swain his Right.
In Forming Both Heav'n took Unusual Care,
Both mov'd with an Inimitable Air;
And Both, were like the GODS, Divinely Fair.
THYRSIS, no more what CHLOE asks deny;
But in Her Face transplant thy Lovely Eye.
The Generous Action will the Nymph delight,
And amply recompence thy Loss of Sight.
Thou wilt, when Blind, a New Born Cupid prove,
And She, with Two Such Eyes, the Queen of Love.