Valentine Verses or, Lines of Truth, Love, and Virtue. By the Reverend Richard Cobbold |
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A LADY MAKING AN IMPRESSION. |
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A LADY MAKING AN IMPRESSION.
Pray wouldst thou make impression good,
Let not the wax grow cold;
For, Lady, be it understood,
Impressions cannot hold,
When once the chilling mould
Applied to wax grown old,
Be not adapted as it should.
Let not the wax grow cold;
For, Lady, be it understood,
Impressions cannot hold,
When once the chilling mould
Applied to wax grown old,
Be not adapted as it should.
But, Lady, when the flame
Has soften'd down the same,
Ere chilling blasts have blown,
And made it hard as stone,
Impressions stampt by virtuous Love,
Will ever lasting, ever constant prove.
Has soften'd down the same,
Ere chilling blasts have blown,
And made it hard as stone,
Impressions stampt by virtuous Love,
Will ever lasting, ever constant prove.
Fair maiden, take thy seal,
And make impression good:—
May faithfulness reveal
The truth, affection should;
Thy hand bestow'd where honest worth is shewn,
May such impression every where be known.
And make impression good:—
May faithfulness reveal
The truth, affection should;
Thy hand bestow'd where honest worth is shewn,
May such impression every where be known.
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