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Article PETHERTON BRIDGE, AN ELEGY. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ON THE DEATH OF A FLY. Page 1 of 1 Article LINES ON A WELCHMAN. Page 1 of 1
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Petherton Bridge, An Elegy.
The offer'd pledge , without delay , The struggling victim rose and caught ; But , ah ! in vain , their fatal way They both descended , swift as thought . Short was the wave-oppressing space , Convuls'd with pains too sharp to bear ,
Their lives dissolv'd in one embrace , Their mingled souls flew up in air . Lo 1 there yon time-worn sculpture shows The sad , the melancholy truth ; What pangs the tortur'd parent knows , What snares await defenceless youth . Here , not to sympathy unknown ,
Full oft the sad Muse wand ' ring near . Bends silent o ' er the mossy stone , And wets it with a willing tear .
On The Death Of A Fly.
ON THE DEATH OF A FLY .
WHEN this fly liv'd he us'd to play In the bright sunshine of the day , Till coming near my Celia ' s sight He felt a new and unknown light ; So full of glory that it made The noon-day sun a gloomy shade ; Then this am ' rous fly became
My rival , and did court my flame ; From hand to bosom he did skip , And from her breath , her cheek , and lip , He suck'd the incense and the spice , And grew a bird of paradise . At last into her eye he flew , Where scorch'd in flame , and drench'd in dew , Like Phaeton from the sun ' s sphere
, He fell , and with him dropt a tear , Of which an urn was straight compos'd , Wherein his ashes were inclos'd . So he receiv'd from Celia's eye , Flame , funeral , tomb , andobsequy . M .
Lines On A Welchman.
LINES ON A WELCHMAN .
AW ELCHMAN coming late into an inn , Did ask the maid what meat there was within . Two cowheels , quoth she , and a breast of mutton . But , said the Welchman , troth hur is no glutton ; Either of both shall serve—to-night the breast ,. The heels i' th' morning ; for light meats are best . At night he took the breast ; but did not pay : I' th' morn , he took his heels and ran away . M ..
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Petherton Bridge, An Elegy.
The offer'd pledge , without delay , The struggling victim rose and caught ; But , ah ! in vain , their fatal way They both descended , swift as thought . Short was the wave-oppressing space , Convuls'd with pains too sharp to bear ,
Their lives dissolv'd in one embrace , Their mingled souls flew up in air . Lo 1 there yon time-worn sculpture shows The sad , the melancholy truth ; What pangs the tortur'd parent knows , What snares await defenceless youth . Here , not to sympathy unknown ,
Full oft the sad Muse wand ' ring near . Bends silent o ' er the mossy stone , And wets it with a willing tear .
On The Death Of A Fly.
ON THE DEATH OF A FLY .
WHEN this fly liv'd he us'd to play In the bright sunshine of the day , Till coming near my Celia ' s sight He felt a new and unknown light ; So full of glory that it made The noon-day sun a gloomy shade ; Then this am ' rous fly became
My rival , and did court my flame ; From hand to bosom he did skip , And from her breath , her cheek , and lip , He suck'd the incense and the spice , And grew a bird of paradise . At last into her eye he flew , Where scorch'd in flame , and drench'd in dew , Like Phaeton from the sun ' s sphere
, He fell , and with him dropt a tear , Of which an urn was straight compos'd , Wherein his ashes were inclos'd . So he receiv'd from Celia's eye , Flame , funeral , tomb , andobsequy . M .
Lines On A Welchman.
LINES ON A WELCHMAN .
AW ELCHMAN coming late into an inn , Did ask the maid what meat there was within . Two cowheels , quoth she , and a breast of mutton . But , said the Welchman , troth hur is no glutton ; Either of both shall serve—to-night the breast ,. The heels i' th' morning ; for light meats are best . At night he took the breast ; but did not pay : I' th' morn , he took his heels and ran away . M ..