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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TO Miss COLLETON.
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TO Miss COLLETON.
Occasioned by her demanding back her Letters, and a Ring she gave him.
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Regardless of your Vows and mine,Since you've recall'd the Heart you gave,
With Ease fair Colle' I resign.
Those other Toys that grac'd your Slave.
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II
The wanton Ringlets of your Hair,As Chains and Ornaments I wore;
Releas'd from Love's bewitching Snare,
Those slighter Bands can charm no more.
III
Take back each soft, fond, billet Doux;Attested by your Virgin Name;
How tender seems each Word and true!
But Words and Thoughts are not the same.
IV
Your Lips spoke fonder Things than theyIn Kisses printed on my Breast;
May those Impressions wear away,
Since Venus'-Dove forsakes her Nest.
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V
Yet tho' your am'rous Glances play,Like dazling Sun-beams here, and there;
Tho' all your Hours fly light and gay,
Without one Cloud of gloomy Care;
VI
Ah! Much I fear, forgetful Maid;You'll in your Turn ere-long complain,
By some more fav'rite Youth betray'd,
Whose Flatt'ry now may make you vain.
VII
If such a Tryal you should prove,My gen'rous Passion then would shine;
To your Relief with Zeal I'd move,
Revenge your Wrongs, nor think of mine.
The Author became enamoured with this Lady at Exeter, in the Year 1725; and in his Second Volume of Miscellanies, then publish'd, celebrates her under the Appellation of the Western Wonder. The First Copy of Verses in that Collection, Ad Libellum, is Addressed to Her, and the last Copy in the Book regrets her being Mortal. Soon after this Separation the Lady Married.
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