Tixall Poetry/The Same

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Tixall Poetry
edited by Arthur Clifford
The Same by unknown author
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LXVII.

The Same.


Farewell all those happy days,
I past new pleasures still persuing,
Since I saw Lavinia's face,
I from that moment date ray ruin.

Wit adorn'd with ev'ry charm,
And Beauty in its youthfull splendor,
Hearts best guarded soon disarme,
And force the wisest to surrender.