TO CELINDA. Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer) 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. R7317 A57734 Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. Poems on several occasions. Written by Philomela. London Printed for John Dunton at the Raven in Jewen-street 1696 pp. 27-28. [24],72,69,[11]p.; 8⁰

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TO CELINDA . I. I Can't , Celinda , say , I love , But rather I adore , When with transported eyes I view , Your shining merits o're . II . A fame so spotless and serene . A vertue so refin'd ; And thoughts as great , as e're was yet Graspt by a female mind . III . There love and honour drest , in all , Their genuin charms appear , And with a pleasing force at once They conquer and indear . IV . Celestial flames are scarce more bright , Than those your worth inspires , So Angels love and so they burn In just such holy fires . V. Then let's my dear Celinda thus Blest in our selves contemn The treacherous and deluding Arts , Of those base things call'd men .