Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LORD HERVEY TO MR. FOX, by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU


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LORD HERVEY TO MR. FOX, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So sung the poet in a humble strain
Last Line: And all his first resolves are melted there!
Alternate Author Name(s): Montagu, Mary Wortley; Pierrepont, Mary
Subject(s): Hervey, John. Baron Hervey Of Ickworth


So sung the poet in a humble strain,
With empty pockets, and a head in pain,
Where the soft clime inclin'd the soul to rest,
And past'ral images inspir'd the breast.
Apollo listen'd from his heav'nly bower,
And, in his health restor'd, express'd his power.
Pygmalion thus before the Paphian shrine,
With trembling vows address'd the pow'r divine;
Durst hardly make his hopeless wishes known,
And scarce a greater miracle was shown --
Returning vigour glow'd in every vein,
And gay ideas flutter'd in the brain;
Back he returns to breathe his native air,
And all his first resolves are melted there!






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