Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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HORACE. ODE X. BOOK IV. Imitated.
Chloe, my most tender care,Always coy, and always fair,
Should unwish'd for languor spread
O'er that beauteous white and red;
Should these locks that sweetly play
Down these shoulders, fall away,
And that lovely bloom that glows,
Fairer than the fairest rose;
Should it fade and, leave thy face
Spoil'd of every killing grace;
Should your glass the charge betray,
Thus, my fair, you'd weeping say,
‘Cruel Gods! does beauty fade?
‘Now warm desires my breast invade;
‘And why, while blooming youth did glow,
‘Was this heart as cold as snow?’
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