ODE. Thomas Fitzgerald 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. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 282. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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ODE . THE charms which blooming Beauty shows From faces heavenly fair , W to the lily and the rose With semblance apt compare : With semblance apt ; for ah ! how soon , How soon they all decay ! The lily droops , the rose is gone , And beauty fades away . But when bright Virtue shines confess'd , With sweet Discretion join'd ; When Mildness calms the peaceful breast , And Wisdom guides the mind ; When charms like these , dear Maid , conspire Thy person to approve , They kindle generous , chaste desire , And everlasting love . Beyond the reach of Time or Fate , These graces shall endure , Still like the passion they create , Eternal , constant , pure .