Poems Upon Several Occasions (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Thefe matchlefs Beauties ihould recorded be In Verfe, Immortal as thy Gallery. / ... .. ON MY L AD Y H I T E, Haviw the. Small-Pox. ;.'.,.'.'!. ....t Im '; j ..-:; .. .:.v SCarce cou'd the genera) Joy for Mohun appear, But new Attempts, fhow other Dangers near: Beauty's attack'd in her imperial Fort, Where all her Loves and Graces keep their Court, In her chief Refidence befieg'd at laft, Laments to fee her faireft Fields laid wafte. Qn things immortal all Attempts are vain, Tyrant Difeafe, 'tis lofs of Time and Pain; D 4 Glut The Gallery of Beauties at Hampton-Court, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Glut thy wild Rage, and load thee with rich Prize, Torn from her Cheeks,her fragrant Lips and Eyes, As much Vermilion, as much Luftre take A might a Hellen.tyc a Venus make; Like Thetis, flie fliall fruftf ate thy vain Rape, And in variety of Charms efcape. k The twinkling Stars drop numberlefs each Night, Yet fliines the radiant Firmament as bright; So, from the Ocean fliould we Rivers drain;'../ Still wou'd enough to drown the World remain. To M T R A WArn'd and made wife by others Flame, I fled from whence fuchMifchiefs came, Shunning the Sex that kills at Sight, I fought my Safety in my Flight. But ah! in vain from Fate we fly! For, firft or kft, as all rnuft die, So 'tis as much decreed above, That, firft or laft, we all muft love. My Heart, that ftood fo long the Shock Of Winds and Waves, like fome firm Rock, By one bright Spark from Myra thrown, Is into Flame, like Powder, blown. To MTR-A. SONG. FOolifti Love, begone, faid I, Vain are thy Attempts on me, Thy foft Allurements I defiej Women thofe fair DifTemblcrs, fly; My Heart is not made for thee. LoveLove heard, and ftrait prepar'd a Dart: Myra, revenge my C...