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.She aims at ev'ry trifling Heart,Attends each Flatterer's Vows;And like a Picture drawn with Art,A Look on all that gaze bestows:O! may the Pow'r, who Lovers rules,Grant rather Scorn, than Hope with Fools!
III.Mistaken Nymph! the Crouds that gazeAdore thee into Shame;Unguarded Beauty is Disgrace,And Coxcombs when they praise, defame:O! fly such Brutes in human Shapes,Nor like th' Ægyptians worship Apes.
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