Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739
The Coy.
An ODE.
I.Love is a noble rich Repast,But seldom should the Lover taste;When the kind Fair no more restrains,The Glutton surfeits, and disdains.
II.To move the Nymph he Tears bestows,He vainly sighs, he falsely vows;The Tears deceive, the Vows betray,He conquers, and contemns the Prey.
III.Thus Ammon's Son with fierce DelightSmil'd at the Terrours of the Fight;The Thoughts of Conquest charm'd his Eyes,He conquer'd, and he wept the Prize.
IV.Love, like a Prospect, with delightSweetly deceives the distant Sight,Where the tir'd Travellers survey,O'er hanging Rocks, a dang'rous Way.
V.Ye Fair that would victorious prove,Seem but half Kind, when most you love;Damon pursues if Cælia flies,But when her Love is born, his dies.
VI.Had Danäe the young, the fair,Been free, and unconfin'd as Air;Free from the Guards, and brazen Tow'r,She'd ne'er been worth a Golden Show'r.
Endpiece from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome (1739, 2nd edition)
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