CHLOE. Eliza Day Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [39]-40. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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CHLOE . PAINTER exert thy utmost art , To shew the fav'rite of my heart ; Roses and lilies thou may'st spare , Chloe can please , yet is not fair ; Thy Venus may the world admire , It is to Chloe I aspire ; One added grace should'st thou display , My Chloe's charms would fade away ; Let nature on thy canvass shine ; It is my Chloe ! 'tis divine ! Be Chloe's mind the poet's theme , No fancied merits let him dream ; O'er fair perfection should he rove , It is a mortal that I love ; Yet goodness in my Nymph I see , Or Chloe had no charms for me : Let truth and nature teach his tongue , And artless Chloe grace his song . He sings her generous and sincere , And there my Chloe must appear . A sister's merits she'll commend ; My Chloe too , can be a friend , All gay and lively tho' she be , Can melt in tenderest sympathy . See truth and nature grace each line , It is my Chloe ! 'tis divine !