Poems by Sir John Carr
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And thou hast pass'd the drooping maid,
To give some pamper'd fav'rite more. But tho' so cold, or strangely wild, It seems that worth can sometimes move; Thou hast on gentle Emma smil'd, And thou hast smil'd where all approve:-- For Nature form'd her gen'rous heart With ev'ry virtue, pure, refin'd; And wit and taste, and grace and art, United to illume her mind. So dew-drops fall on some rare flow'r, That merits all their fost'ring care, As tho' they knew that, by their pow'r, Grateful 'twould wider scent the air. A SONG. THE LOVER THE LUTE OF HIS DECEASED MISTRESS. Alas! but like a summer's dream All the delight I felt appears, |
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