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IV.
Yet, sultan-like, o'er a still, passive frame,
I wish not to maintain a brutal sway;
No; let bright intellect inspire my dame;
And in each action dart it's heavenly ray.
Yet, sultan-like, o'er a still, passive frame,
I wish not to maintain a brutal sway;
No; let bright intellect inspire my dame;
And in each action dart it's heavenly ray.
V.
Let smiling liberty expand her charms;
Fine sentiment should never feel controul;
And let her, when her breast gay fancy warms,
Indulge her own, and animate my soul.
Let smiling liberty expand her charms;
Fine sentiment should never feel controul;
And let her, when her breast gay fancy warms,
Indulge her own, and animate my soul.
VI.
Let her sometimes repulse my growing flame;
A fair one may be opportunely coy;
A victim to possess is not my aim;
I would not have a blunt, and vapid joy.
Let her sometimes repulse my growing flame;
A fair one may be opportunely coy;
A victim to possess is not my aim;
I would not have a blunt, and vapid joy.
VII.
Nay, sometimes, that her mind may all be seen,
I'd have her with me for a moment jar;
And brighter thus will be the following scene;
A fairer peace will crown the little war.
Nay, sometimes, that her mind may all be seen,
I'd have her with me for a moment jar;
And brighter thus will be the following scene;
A fairer peace will crown the little war.
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