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The PENITENT.
Occasion'd by the Author's being asked if she would take Ten Pounds for her Poems.
1 WHEN Parthenissa talk'd to-day
2 Of Profits and of Mira's Lay,
3 And list'ning Mira heard the Sound
4 Of number Ten with added Pound,
[Page 119]5 The saucy Minx betray'd her Pride,
6 And turn'd her scornful Head aside:
7 You, doubtless, Madam, wonder'd why,
8 And hardly could believe 'twas I:
9 But all have Faults, and 'twou'd be vain
10 To boast a Heart that's free from Stain.
11 This Maxim Mira prov'd was true,
12 No golden Apples lay in view
13 Across her Path — and yet she fell:
14 The Cause — have Patience and we'll tell,
15 You saw not — no, to my Surprize
16 It scap'd your penetrating Eyes;
17 The wicked Knot — 'twas new to-day,
18 The Knot — what Colour was it, pray?
19 So gay, 'twou'd make a Hermit vain;
20 Then wonder not at Mira's Brain.
21 But now disrob'd — with dirty Shoes
22 And Apron ragged as the Muse,
23 In Night-cap tight and wrapping Gown,
24 No more is seen the haughty Frown;
[Page 120]25 The fatal Top-knot laid aside
26 With its destructive Daughter Pride.
27 The vain Chimeras all are flown,
28 And Reason re-assumes her Throne.
29 Now, could you find an honest Dealer,
30 (As an Attorney or a Taylor)
31 Who wants a Muse that's not too dear,
32 Send him directly you know where:
33 We for a Trifle shall not part,
34 Nor from an easy Bargain start,
35 And that his Purchase may'nt be hard,
36 I'll add of Packthread half a Yard,
37 To satisfy the greedy Lout,
38 And bind the Papers round about.
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Title (in Source Edition): The PENITENT. Occasion'd by the Author's being asked if she would take Ten Pounds for her Poems.
Author: Mary Leapor
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Leapor, Mrs. (Mary), 1722-1746. Poems upon several occasions: By Mrs. Leapor of Brackley in Northamptonshire. London: printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1748, pp. 118-120. 15,[5],282p. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T127827; Foxon p. 413; OTA K101776.000) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries.)
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Other works by Mary Leapor
- ADVICE to MYRTILLO. ()
- The APPARITION. ()
- The BEAUTIES of the SPRING. ()
- CATHARINA's CAVE. ()
- CELADON to MIRA. ()
- The CHARMS of ANTHONY. ()
- COLINETTA. ()
- The CRUCIFIXION and RESURRECTION. An ODE. ()
- The CRUEL PARENT. A DREAM. ()
- DAMON and STREPHON. A Pastoral Complaint. ()
- DAVID'S Complaint, ii Samuel, chap. 1. ()
- The DEATH of ABEL. ()
- DORINDA at her Glass. ()
- The ENQUIRY. ()
- An EPISTLE to a LADY. ()
- An EPITAPH. ()
- An EPITAPH. ()
- ESSAY on FRIENDSHIP. ()
- ESSAY on HAPPINESS. ()
- An ESSAY on HOPE. ()
- The FALL of LUCIA. ()
- The FIELDS of MELANCHOLY and CHEARFULNESS. ()
- FLORIMELIA, the First PASTORAL. ()
- FLORIMELIA, the Second PASTORAL. ()
- The FOX and the HEN. A FABLE. ()
- The FRIEND in Disgrace. A DIALOGUE. ()
- The GENIUS in DISGUISE. ()
- The HEAD-ACH. To AURELIA. ()
- An HYMN to the MORNING. ()
- The INSPIR'D QUILL. Occasion'd by a Present of CROW-PENS. ()
- JOB'S CURSE, and his APPEAL. Taken out of Job, Chap. i, and xxxi. ()
- The LIBYAN HUNTER, a FABLE. Inscrib'd to the Memory of a late admir'd Author. ()
- The LINNET and the GOLDFINCH. ()
- MIRA to OCTAVIA. ()
- MIRA's WILL. ()
- The MISTAKEN LOVER. ()
- The MONTH of AUGUST. ()
- The MORAL VISION. ()
- An ODE on MERCY: In Imitation of Part of the 145th Psalm. ()
- On DISCONTENT. To STELLA. ()
- On Mr. POPE's Universal PRAYER. ()
- On SICKNESS. ()
- On the Death of a justly admir'd AUTHOR. ()
- On WINTER. ()
- The POWER of BEAUTY. ()
- A PRAYER for the YEAR, 1745. ()
- The Proclamation of APOLLO. ()
- The PROPOSAL. ()
- PROSERPINE'S RAGOUT. ()
- The QUESTION. Occasion'd by a serious Admonition. ()
- A REQUEST to the DIVINE BEING. ()
- The RIVAL BROTHERS. ()
- The SACRIFICE. An EPISTLE to CELIA. ()
- The SETTING SUN. To SILVIA. ()
- SILVIA and the BEE. ()
- SONG to CLOE, playing on her Spinet. ()
- SOTO. A CHARACTER. ()
- The SOW and the PEACOCK. A FABLE. ()
- STEPHON to CELIA. A modern LOVE-LETTER. ()
- A SUMMER'S WISH. ()
- The TALE of CUSHI. From II. Samuel, Chap. xviii. ()
- The TEMPLE of LOVE. ()
- The TEN-PENNY NAIL. ()
- The Third Chapter of the Wisdom of SOLOMON. From the First to the Sixth Verse. ()
- To a Gentleman with a Manuscript Play. ()
- To ARTEMISIA. Dr. KING's Invitation to BELLVILL: Imitated. ()
- To GRAMMATICUS. ()
- The UNIVERSAL DREAM. ()
- The WAY of the WORLD. ()