Major Pack's Poetical Remains Published from his Original Manuscripts. To which are Added, translations from Catullus, Tibullus, and Ovid. With an Essay on the Roman elegiac poets, &c. [by Richardson Pack] |
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STANZAS,
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STANZAS,
OCCASIONED By what happened at Aberdeen, October 15, 1728.
I
How odly is a Lover fated!When the dear Cause of all his Smart,
By Two mad Rivals daily rated,
Nor shuts against a Third her Heart.
II
My Foe's indulgently receiv'd,My Friend with Smiles invited,
And I (God knows if I'm deceiv'd)
Now favour'd, and now slighted.
III
Indiff'rence is a greater CurseTo me than would have been your Scorn;
'Tis barbarous to starve at Nurse
A Passion that was Hopefull Born.
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