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TO MISS —, ON HER GIVING THE AUTHOR A GOLD AND SILK NETWORK PURSE OF HER OWN WEAVING.
1 THOUGH gold and silk their charms unite,
2 To make thy curious web delight,
3 In vain the varied work would shine,
4 If wrought by any hand but thine,
5 Thy hand that knows the subtler art,
6 To weave those nets that catch the heart.
7 Spread out by me, the roving coin,
8 Thy nets may catch, but not confine,
[Page 251]9 Nor can I hope thy silken chain,
10 The glittering vagrants shall restrain;
11 Why, SYLVIA, was it then decreed,
12 The heart once caught should ne'er be freed?
About this text
Title (in Source Edition): TO MISS —, ON HER GIVING THE AUTHOR A GOLD AND SILK NETWORK PURSE OF HER OWN WEAVING.
Author: Samuel Johnson
Themes:
sex; relations between the sexes; art; painting
Genres:
address
References:
DMI 32598
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Source edition
Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770, pp. 250-251. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1136; OTA K093079.003) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 o.790].)
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- THE NATURAL BEAUTY. TO STELLA. ()
- AN ODE. ()
- PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, APRIL V. MDCCL. BEFORE THE MASQUE OF COMUS, ACTED AT DRURY-LANE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MILTON'S GRAND-DAUGHTER. ()
- PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY Mr. GARRICK, At the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-lane 1747. ()
- A SONG. ()
- TO MISS —, ON HER PLAYING UPON THE HARPSICORD IN A ROOM HUNG WITH SOME FLOWER-PIECES OF HER OWN PAINTING. ()
- A TRANSLATION OF THE LATIN EPITAPH ON SIR THOMAS HANMER. ()
- The VANITY of HUMAN WISHES. THE Tenth Satire of JUVENAL. IMITATED ()
- THE VANITY OF WEALTH: AN ODE. ()
- THE WINTER's WALK. (); THE WINTER's WALK. ()