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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.002 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 265-266. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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The Je ne scai Quoi . A SONG . By the Same . I. YES , I'm in love , I feel it now , And CAELIA has undone me ; And yet I'll swear I can't tell how The pleasing plague stole on me . II . 'Tis not her face which love creates , For there no graces revel ; 'Tis not her shape , for there the fates Have rather been uncivil . III . 'Tis not her air , for sure in that There's nothing more than common ; And all her sense is only chat , Like any other woman . IV . Her voice , her touch might give th' alarm — 'Twas both perhaps , or neither ; In short , 'twas that provoking charm Of CAELIA altogether .