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[Nereides:] Eclogue IX.

Palæmon, Hippias.
Pal.
1 The hollow Winds blow hoarsly; as they fly
2 They seem to plain, and ev'ry Puff's a Sigh.
3 Tears follow Sighs, and now the rainy Floods
4 In mournful Streams descend from melting Clouds.
Hip.
5 Too well I know, Tears are provok'd by Sighs;
6 Grief swells the heaving Breast; then upward flies,
7 And bursting vents it self thro' weeping Eyes.
8 When Myra frowns, I sudden Show'rs divine,
9 The Clouds are hers, but all the Drops are mine.
Pal.
10 See'st thou yon beauteous Arch, that now adorns
11 And gilds the watry Clouds, whose bending Horns
12 Suck up th'admiring Sea? How bright a Show?
13 What lively Colours paint the shining Bow?
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14 But ah! how soon its waning Glories fail,
15 While envious Mists, and dusky Shades prevail?
16 Such Beauty is, so flux, so quickly gone;
17 Myra will soon be scorn'd, and hardly known;
18 When with wan Lips her Eyes look faint, and dead,
19 And all the Cupids of her Cheeks are fled.
Hip.
20 No kind Amusement can my Thoughts remove:
21 My Soul is fix'd, and all the Theme is Love.
22 Her rising Cheeks set round with flowing Hair
23 Like the bright Moon in dewy Nights appear,
24 When circling Halo's guard her from the Sight
25 Of meaner Stars, and shine with borrow'd Light.
26 Her Lips, that dear, soft, pouting juicy Pair
27 (Whose Breathings sweet as Eastern Breezes are)
28 Invite to Love, and yet deny the Bliss,
29 Kisses invite, but they refuse to kiss.
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Pal.
30 Ungrateful Love born of a beauteous Face,
31 It's Parent rudely kills, spoils ev'ry Grace,
32 And sullies youthful Bloom with a too kind Embrace.
33 When once the Nymph yields up her envy'd Charms
34 All to be rifled in the Triton's Arms,
35 She grows unweildy, and her Cheeks look pale;
36 So Flow'rs by handling fade, so all their Colours fail.
Hip.
37 Since Beauty fades, why should the Nymph be coy?
38 Snatch then with eager Hast the fleeting Joy.
39 In spite of wrinkled Age, and eating Time
40 Still shall I know that Beauty once was mine.
41 When Action's past, I'll on Reflection live,
42 And the Remembrance shall the Bliss revive;
43 Such, luscious Food will ever leave a Tast.
44 Fate cannot reach the Pleasure that is past.

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Title (in Source Edition): [Nereides:] Eclogue IX.
Themes: love
Genres: heroic couplet; dialogue; pastoral; eclogue
References: DMI 36356

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Diaper, William, d. 1717. Nereides: or Sea-Eclogues. London: Printed by J. H. for E. Sanger, at the Post-House, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1712, pp. 41-43. x, 69 p. (ESTC T126092) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library, Antiq. e.E. 1712.3)

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