Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . ties, and hear thee{peak with Eloquence of Angels ? Oh! Why amI bard one Moment from thee, and lofe an Ageof Love ? While in each others Arms we fhouldbe blefsM, talk all the Dearnelles of mutual Paf-fion, which only thofe who love like us c
Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . ties, and hear thee{peak with Eloquence of Angels ? Oh! Why amI bard one Moment from thee, and lofe an Ageof Love ? While in each others Arms we fhouldbe blefsM, talk all the Dearnelles of mutual Paf-fion, which only thofe who love like us canknowj nor even thyfelf can utter, unlefs in mur-muring SighSj gentle Touches, and tender Lan-guifhments. Oh, Extafy of Thought! my Soulis on the Wing, I fly this Moment to the filentGrotto where lall we met, there clafp, embracethee, feel all the killing Tranfports which thou a-lone canft give, and Love and Imagination, greatas mine, infpire ,• yet cannot really fee thee thefethree Days. But hafte, ye envious Hours, bringme to my Love, and let her not receive me withthe fad Sounds of Duty, Ruin, and thofe Foesof Love ,• but with Joy take me to her Arms,for to part can only make us miferable. I fhallfet out to morrow Morning j live only on thydear Letter, till I breath on thy inchanting Bo-fo:n. Till then, thou dearer to me than Life, Farewe/.. [ iio ] LETTER CLARONA. YO U tell me in your J all, you fancy I can-not pafs a Moment without thinking onthe Duke ot-— I am pleasd you fhould know-how agreeable my Soul is to your Sentiments ,•for where his lovely Idea is once fixd, not Worldsnor Ages can eer remove it: Hes ftill as charm-ing as when firil fighing on my tender Bofom ;helovd, and hopd, like me; you know too wellwhy we parted ; but to one fo truly fenfiblc ofhis Endearments and Beauties, nothing can makehim lefs amiable ; he has ftill the fame Harmonyin his moving Voice, tho he talks not Love tome, the fame inchanting Smile, bewitching Look,tho fquanderd awa
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