Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin with an authentic memoir of his life |
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TO MISSES W. AND H. ON DRINKING THEIR HEALTH'S. |
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TO MISSES W. AND H. ON DRINKING THEIR HEALTH'S.
O! dea certe.
To poets dreams the rosy queen of love
No more confine, behold her live and move
Above the painter's or the sculptor's art;
See the bright power revealed in ev'ry part.
To lovely W---ll this joyous board shall be,
An altar sacred to her deity:
Whilst we her priests with fervent vows adore,
And to her beauty just libations pour.—
No more confine, behold her live and move
Above the painter's or the sculptor's art;
See the bright power revealed in ev'ry part.
To lovely W---ll this joyous board shall be,
An altar sacred to her deity:
Whilst we her priests with fervent vows adore,
And to her beauty just libations pour.—
Whilst crouds admire in charmed attention bound,
See H---re diffuse her gentle influence round
Her eyes, that speak a heart of tend'rest mould,
Benignly radiant all that heart unfold;
That harmony of shape bestow'd to few,
This liquid ruby claims, its tribute due.—
See H---re diffuse her gentle influence round
Her eyes, that speak a heart of tend'rest mould,
Benignly radiant all that heart unfold;
That harmony of shape bestow'd to few,
This liquid ruby claims, its tribute due.—
| Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin | |