Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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To CHLOE, in an ill Humour.
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To CHLOE, in an ill Humour.
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Consider, sweet maid, and endeavourTo conquer that pride in thy breast;
It is not an haughty behaviour
Will set off thy charms to the best.
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The ocean, when calm, may delight you,But should a bold tempest arise,
The billows enrag'd would affright you:
Loud objects of awful surprize!
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'Tis thus, when good humour diffusesIts beams o'er the face of a fair;
With rapture his heart a man loses,
While frowns turn love to despair.
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