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WRITTEN IN A LADY'S WATCH-CASE, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: Beauteous machine! Let love thy movements Last Line: That cupid nicks with nicer art than zuare. Subject(s): Love; Nymphs; Watches | ||||||||
I. BEauteous Machine! let Love thy Movements guide, Whilst envy'd thou shalt grace Aurelia's Side! 'Tis thine to please each Houra Task how great! Which Cupid thus instructs thee to compleat. II. When the Nymph kindly mourns her Shepherd gone, Whirl all thy little Wheels, and urge them swiftly on: The Nymph deceiv'd with thy officious Haste, Shall smile to see that Time can fly so fast. III. But at the Swain's Return O slack thy Pace, And slowly linger round thy figur'd Race: She ne'er can deem too short the Shepherd's Stay, When, like great Juno, thou shalt lengthen out the Day. IV. So mayst Thou sooth her Woes, her Joys improve, Thy self directed by the God of Love; And Beaux and Belles with Wonder shall declare, That Cupid nicks with nicer Art than Zuare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WATCH by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD TO HIS WATCH, WHEN HE COULD NOT SLEEP by EDWARD HERBERT VERSES IN A WATCH by WILLIAM CZAR BRADLEY VERSES DESIGNED FOR A WATCH CASE by JOHN BYROM A GIRL'S SONGS: 2 by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES THE POACHER'S TIME-PIECE by PAUL FORT A FAREWELL TO POETRY by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A PARAPHRASE ON THE 13TH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER |
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