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But Love rewards the Bard! the Fair
Attend his Song, and ease his Care:
Alas! fond Youth, your Plea you urge ill
Without a Jointure, tho' a Virgil;
Could you like Phœbus sing, in vain
You nobly swell the lofty Strain,
Coy Daphne flies, and you will find as
Hard Hearts as hers in your Belindas.
Attend his Song, and ease his Care:
Alas! fond Youth, your Plea you urge ill
Without a Jointure, tho' a Virgil;
Could you like Phœbus sing, in vain
You nobly swell the lofty Strain,
Coy Daphne flies, and you will find as
Hard Hearts as hers in your Belindas.
But then some say you purchase Fame,
And gain that envy'd Prize, a Name;
Great Recompense! like his who sells
A Diamond, for Beads and Bells;
Will Fame be thought sufficient Bail
To keep the Poet from the Jayl?
And gain that envy'd Prize, a Name;
Great Recompense! like his who sells
A Diamond, for Beads and Bells;
Will Fame be thought sufficient Bail
To keep the Poet from the Jayl?
Thus
