The Modish Lover (Henry Baker Poems)
With down--cast Eyes, and folded Arms,Young Myrtle saunter'd out one Day,Reflecting on Florinda's Charms,The Fair, the blooming, and the gay;Deeply ...
With down--cast Eyes, and folded Arms,Young Myrtle saunter'd out one Day,Reflecting on Florinda's Charms,The Fair, the blooming, and the gay;Deeply ...
Why beats my Heart when Flora's nigh,As it would from my Bosom fly?Whence does this melting Softness rise,When her my ...
I.Consider, Flora! Age will come,And on You lay his icy Hand,Which, even Beauty can't withstand:Eternal Fate has so decreed;The Roses ...
To God supreme, let every ThingChant forth harmonious Songs of Praise:At once let Earth and Heav'n sing,How great his Pow'r, ...
Had I the World at my Command,And own'd the Wealth of Sea and Land,To Flora I'd present it all,And at ...
I.Thyrsis. Simple Damon! tell me whyDost thou not reveal thy anguish,But in Silence pine and languish?To thy self an Enemy.If she ...
Damon.Love's an idle childish Passion,Only fit for Girls and Boys;Marriage is a cursed Fashion,Women are but foolish Toys.Spight of all ...
What is this Love? This Source of Human--Woe?This being mad, and chusing to be so?This Gall of Life? This Fever ...
That I love You, pray believe,But enquire not how well:All the Answer I can give,Is, My Life! I cannot tell.Bid ...
Great Love! thou universal King!From whom our Joys and Sorrows spring,Take Pity on my Pain;Command Eliza, in whose EyesThe Force ...
Great God of Love! have Pity on your Slave,Indulgent, hear, the humble Boon I crave:Extinguish in my Breast this raging ...
What is Glory, Wealth, or Pleasure,After which Mankind aspire?Thou, My Life! art all the Treasure,Joy, and Glory, I desire.On thy ...
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