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Poetry.
POETRY .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
LINES ON A LADY ,
REMARKABLE / . *! -HOMELY FEATURES and a MELODIOUS VOICE .
I CHANC'D sweet Lesbia ' s voice to hear ; O that the pleasure of mine ear Contented had the appetite ; But I must satisfy the sight : Where such a face I chanc'd to see , From which , good Lord , deliver me : 'Tis not profane if I should tell ,
I thought her one of those that fell . With Lucifer ' s apostate train , Yet did her angel ' s voice retain . A cherubim her notes descry'd , A devil ev ' ry where beside . Lower than gamut sunk her eyes , 'Bove Ela yet her note did rise . Ask the dark woodsand they'll confess
, None did such harmony express : Her notes entic'd the gentle quire Of birds to come , who all admire , And would with pleasure longer stay ; But that her looks fright them away . Say , monster strange , what must thou ' ne , Where shall I trace thy pedigree ? What but a panther could beget
A face so foul , a breath so sweet . In looks , where other women place Their chiefest pride , is thy disgrace ; The tongue , a part which us'd to be Worst in thy sex , is best in thee : Were I but now to chuse , I swear Not by the eye , but by the ear , Here I should dote ; but I should woo
Thy voice and not thy body too ; Cygnets full late their throats do try , And sing their music when they die . Say , Lesbia , say , what God will bless Our loves with so much happiness . O had I power with one spell To make thee but invisible 1 Or dieresign thyself to death
, , And I will catch thy latest breath , Or turn voice only , echo prove , Here , here by Heav ' n I'll fix my love . If not—ye Gods , to ease my mind , Or make me deaf , or strike me blind ; For joy and grief alternate rise , While you have tongue , and I have eye ? , 3 G-2
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
POETRY .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
LINES ON A LADY ,
REMARKABLE / . *! -HOMELY FEATURES and a MELODIOUS VOICE .
I CHANC'D sweet Lesbia ' s voice to hear ; O that the pleasure of mine ear Contented had the appetite ; But I must satisfy the sight : Where such a face I chanc'd to see , From which , good Lord , deliver me : 'Tis not profane if I should tell ,
I thought her one of those that fell . With Lucifer ' s apostate train , Yet did her angel ' s voice retain . A cherubim her notes descry'd , A devil ev ' ry where beside . Lower than gamut sunk her eyes , 'Bove Ela yet her note did rise . Ask the dark woodsand they'll confess
, None did such harmony express : Her notes entic'd the gentle quire Of birds to come , who all admire , And would with pleasure longer stay ; But that her looks fright them away . Say , monster strange , what must thou ' ne , Where shall I trace thy pedigree ? What but a panther could beget
A face so foul , a breath so sweet . In looks , where other women place Their chiefest pride , is thy disgrace ; The tongue , a part which us'd to be Worst in thy sex , is best in thee : Were I but now to chuse , I swear Not by the eye , but by the ear , Here I should dote ; but I should woo
Thy voice and not thy body too ; Cygnets full late their throats do try , And sing their music when they die . Say , Lesbia , say , what God will bless Our loves with so much happiness . O had I power with one spell To make thee but invisible 1 Or dieresign thyself to death
, , And I will catch thy latest breath , Or turn voice only , echo prove , Here , here by Heav ' n I'll fix my love . If not—ye Gods , to ease my mind , Or make me deaf , or strike me blind ; For joy and grief alternate rise , While you have tongue , and I have eye ? , 3 G-2
H ,