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EPISTLES.
IV.
Let pride no more give Nature law,
But free the youth your pow'r enslaves: 20
Her form, like your's, bright Cynthia saw
Reflected on the crystal waves,
Yet priz'd not all her charms above
The pleasure of Endymion's love.
Let pride no more give Nature law,
But free the youth your pow'r enslaves: 20
Her form, like your's, bright Cynthia saw
Reflected on the crystal waves,
Yet priz'd not all her charms above
The pleasure of Endymion's love.
V.
No longer let your glass supply 25
Teo just an emblem of your breast,
Where oft' to my deluded eye
Love's image has appear'd imprest,
But play'd so lightly on your mind,
It left no lasting print behind. 30
No longer let your glass supply 25
Teo just an emblem of your breast,
Where oft' to my deluded eye
Love's image has appear'd imprest,
But play'd so lightly on your mind,
It left no lasting print behind. 30
TO THE SAME,
READING
THE ART OF LOVE.
Whilst Ovid here reveals the various arts
Both how to polish and direct their darts,
Let meaner beauties by his rules improve,
And read these lines to gain success in love:
But Heav'n alone, that multiplies our race, 5
Has pow'r t' increase the conquests of your face.
The Spring, before he paints the rising flow'rs,
Receives mild beams and soft descending show'rs;
Both how to polish and direct their darts,
Let meaner beauties by his rules improve,
And read these lines to gain success in love:
But Heav'n alone, that multiplies our race, 5
Has pow'r t' increase the conquests of your face.
The Spring, before he paints the rising flow'rs,
Receives mild beams and soft descending show'rs;
