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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

 

THE

COQUETTE.

I.
Sillia with uncontested Sway,
Like Rome's fam'd Tyrant reigns;
Beholds adoring Crouds obey,
And Heroes proud to wear her Chains:
Yet stoops, like him, to ev'ry Prize,
Busy to murder Beaux, and Flies.

II.