On a LADY ftung by a Bee. s Calia in her garden stray'd, Secure, nor dreamt of harm;. A bee approach'd the lovely maid, The curious infect thither flew, Her nimble hand of life bereav'd The daring little thing; But, firft the fnowy arm receiv'd, Once only cou'd that fting furprize, Once be injurious found: Oh! wou'd the short-liv'd burning smart The nymph to pity move, And teach her to regard the heart She fires with endless love. Love and Despair accounted for. WHILE, HILE, from my looks, fair nymph, you guess My heavy eyes, you fay, confefs, There needs, alas! but little art, To have this fatal fecret found; With the fame ease you threw the dart, 'Tis certain you may fhew the wound. How can I fee you, and not love, The wretch in double fetters bound, Soon, if my love but once were crown'd, YE Advice to BRITISH NYMPHS. E nymphs of Britain, to whose eyes Ah! guard it with affiduous care, Nor wealth your hearts fubdue. Old Bromio's rank'd among the beaus; Unheeded by the fair! Ask you then what this prefrence gives? Let meaner things be bought and fold, And, fince the world's a price too low, But ftill, ye gen'rous maids, beware, Do not too easily confide; CLOE'S W HA T-e'er CLOE'S Excellence. do, where-e'er I go, My Cloe's all my darling theme; By day no other thought I know, The flow'rs, that paint the fragrant mead, For Flora fmiles lefs winning fair. The spicy gales, which fan the leaves, Ten thousand sweets throughout the wood. The birds, that hail the genial spring, The lamb, that skips with bounding heels, My Cloe's innocence reveals, My Cloe's pleasant sprightly vein. Beauty Beauty and sense, in ample grace, Minerva wife, and Venus fair, Have jointly form'd the dang'rous maid; W The COMPLAINT. HEN firft you took my heart as a prize, If ever I thought my captivity sweet, "Twas when you allow'd me to lie at your feet. But now fo ungrateful you are grown, All my kind services you disown; And when that I ask you to lengthen my chain, You always answer me, Love has no pain. Oh! did you know but the pain I endure, |