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TO ORESTES.
1 TO vex thy Soul with these unjust alarms,
2 Fye dear mistrustful, can'st thou doubt thy charms;
3 Or think a breast so young and soft as mine,
4 Could e're resist such charming eyes as thine?
5 Not love thee! witness all ye powers above,
6 (That know my heart) to what excess I love,
7 How many tender sighs for thee I've spent,
8 I who ne're knew what serious passion meant.
9 Till to revenge his slighted Votaries,
10 The God of love, coucht in thy beauteous eyes,
[Page 38]11 At once inspir'd and fixt my roving heart,
12 Which till that moment sconr'd his proudest dart,
13 And now I languish out my life for thee,
14 As others unregarded do for me;
15 Silent as night, and pensive as a dove,
16 Through shades more gloomy than my thoughts I rove,
17 With downcast eyes as languishing an Air,
18 The Emblem I of Love, and of Dispair.
About this text
Author: Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer)
Themes:
love; sadness
Genres:
heroic couplet; address
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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. 37-38. [24],72,69,[11]p.; 8⁰ (ESTC R7317; OTA A57734)
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Other works by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer)
- And, though after my Skin, Worms destroy this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I see God, Job 19. 26. ()
- The ATHENIANS ()
- The Athenians Answer, to the Foregoing Poem. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- By Dispair. ()
- THE Expostulation. ()
- THE FABLE of PHAETON Paraphrased From OVID's METAMORPHOSIS. ()
- A Farewel to LOVE. ()
- THE Female Passion, ()
- THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH: A POEM ()
- HUMANE LOVE: ()
- LOVE and FRIENDSHIP: A PASTORAL. ()
- On Mrs. Rebecka. ()
- PARAPHRASE ()
- Paraphrase on Cant. 5. 6. &c. ()
- Paraphrase on Canticles, 7. 11. ()
- Paraphrase on Malachy 3. 14. ()
- Paraphrase on Micha. 6. 6, 7. ()
- Paraphrase on Revel. chap. 1. from v. 13. to v. 18. ()
- A Paraphrase on the CANTICLES. ()
- Parthenea, an ELEGY. ()
- A Pastoral Elegy. ()
- A Pastoral on the QUEEN. ()
- A PASTORAL. ()
- Pharaphrase on John 21. 17. ()
- A Pindarick POEM on HABBAKUK. ()
- A Pindarick, to the Athenian Society. ()
- Platonick Love. ()
- A POEM Occasioned by the report of the Queens Death. ()
- A Poetical Question concerning the Jacobites, sent to the Athenians. ()
- The RAPTURE. ()
- The Reflection. ()
- The Reply to Mr. — ()
- A SONG. ()
- Thoughts on Death. ()
- To a very Young Gentleman at a Dancing-School. ()
- TO CELINDA. ()
- To Madam S— at the Court. ()
- To Mr. — — on his POEM. ()
- TO Mrs. MARY FRIEND; Knowing her but by Report. ()
- To my Lady CARTERET. ()
- To one that perswades me to leave the Muses. ()
- TO Sir CHAREES SEDLEY. ()
- TO STREPHON. ()
- To the Honourable Mrs. E— Stretchy. ()
- To the same Gentleman. ()
- Upon King William's passing the Boyn, &c. ()
- The Vanity of the World, In a Poem to the Athenians. ()
- Verses written by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, on her drawing the Lord Boyle's Picture. ()
- The Vision. To Theron. ()
- THE WISH, IN A POEM TO THE ATHENIANS. ()