The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical Effusions

Предња корица
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - 222 страница
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: vli (ss to a Nosegay. TO A NOSEGAY. Little pledge of fond remembrance, Though thy tints so quickly flee, Still the lovely donor's semblance, I can sweetly trace in thee. Here the rose and lily twining, Her enchanting face bespeak, For the fairest hues, combining, Bloom upon her lovely cheek. In this blushing pink which deck'd her, Glows an emblem of her lip, Both distilling balmy nectar, Both inviting mine to sip. In this violet I discover Her sweet eye's cerulean hue, Like the brightest star above her, Sparkling in ethereal blue. When within my bounding bosom Mary plac'd ye, thus entwin'd, Sweetly whispering, do not loose 'em," Then what rapture fill'd my mind ! Address to a Nosiav FeifMl Onianii-nis, from the French. But tyrannic Time is dooming All your lovely tints to fade; When you are no longer blooming, ' Can I longer trace the maid ? Yes, when all your tints have faded, Fragrance still you will retain; Though your beauties be degraded, Charms internal will remain. Such is Mary--youth is passing-- All her beauties must decay, But her mind is still amassing Charms to live an endless day. FEMALE ORNAMENTS. First published in the " Complete Coiffeur." All hues become a pretty face, For beauty needs no foreign grace; A flower, or any thing, in truth, Will ornament the brow of youth, While sparkling gems may vainly shine Where age and ugliness combine. O, then, be wise, ye gentle fair, And all the ornaments you wear, Female Ornaments. From Taste instead of Wealth obtain, Nor longer court your glass in vain; The Prize of Beauty (once decreed. To Paphian Venus, as we read) Was not awarded to the fair For any brilliants in her hair. No, 'twas her native charms acquired The prize her rivals so d...

Друга издања - Прикажи све

Библиографски подаци