VOL. I. All the nymphs were in white, And Phillis was queen. While Pan and fair Syrinx Has broken his bow, And extinguish'd his fires And his mother will mourn, Till Pan and fair Syrinx Forbear your addresses, And court us no more; For we will perform What the deity swore : Of deserving our charms, And take to your arms: OH! FORBEAR TO BID ME SLIGHT HER. AARON HILL. Born 1685-Died 1750. Oh! forbear to bid me slight her, Life should leap to leave my heart. Strong, though soft, a lover's chain, Though the tender flame were dying, Deaf, I see the fate I shun; LOTHARIA. AARON HILL. Vainly now ye strive to charm me, Go, ye warbling birds, go leave me; AT SETTING DAY. AARON HILL. Since sounding drums, and rising war, I'll ask of every smiling star, To shield my roving ranger. While o'er the field, unfearing wounds, I'll pass whole days in yon sweet grove, Where first thy tongue deceiv'd me, When, listening dumb, I blush'd my love, And no fear'd absence griev'd me. On every bank thy side hath press'd, And each sweet bird that strains his breast, To all our haunts I will repair, And, cold, on yon bleak mountain, Trace all thy once trod footsteps there, And weep o'er each sad fountain. There will I teach the trees to wear THE CONQUEST. WILLIAM THOMPSON. When Phoebus heard Ianthe sing, Smiling, her harpsichord she strung: Yet hold; before your godship go, The fair shall gain another prize : [Thompson is the author of "Sickness," a poem in five books, and a very beautiful "Hymn to May." He is now little read.] DEAR COLIN PREVENT. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. Born about 1690-Died 1762. Dear Colin prevent my warm blushes, O can't you their meaning explain? My passion would lose by expression, And you too might cruelly blame; Since yours is the province of speaking, Then quickly why don't you discover? Did your heart feel such tortures as mine, What I in my bosom confine. ["Lady M. W. Montagu, in a letter to her daughter, the Countess of Bute, states that the above poem was handed about as the supposed address of Lady Hertford to Lord William Hamilton, and that she herself wrote these verses attributed to Sir William Yonge." Park. Colin's answer has been printed as Sir William Yonge's.] COLIN'S ANSWER. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. Good Madam when ladies are willing, For one that can love without rule. At least you should wait for our offers, |