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LINES On following a lady with a beautiful turned ancle.
Come, Prudence, guard my truant heart;
Enshield it from Love's fire;
The urchin traitor points his dart,
I feel the soft desire.
Enshield it from Love's fire;
The urchin traitor points his dart,
I feel the soft desire.
How slim, how fair the tender frame,
That caught m' enraptur'd eye;
Oh! had you seen, you could not blame,
Nor bid me check the sigh.
That caught m' enraptur'd eye;
Oh! had you seen, you could not blame,
Nor bid me check the sigh.
Her fairy form, each grace combin'd,
Her ancle! heavens, how neat!
She seem'd to tread the ambient air,
So light, so small her feet.
Her ancle! heavens, how neat!
She seem'd to tread the ambient air,
So light, so small her feet.
Come, Prudence, or thy votary's lost,
The struggle, ah! how vain!
My soul must long be tempest toss'd,
Ere I my peace regain.
The struggle, ah! how vain!
My soul must long be tempest toss'd,
Ere I my peace regain.
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