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MISCELLANIES.
WRITTEN UNDER THE
DUCHESS OF BOLTON’S NAME
UPON A DRINKING-GLASS.
Love’s keeneſt darts are radiant Bolton’s care,
Which the bright goddeſs poiſons with deſpair;
The god of Wine the dire effect foreſees,
And ſends the juice that gives the lover eaſe.4
WRITTEN UNDER THE
LADY HARPER’S NAME.
To Harper, ſprightly, young, and gay,
Sweet as the roſy morn in May,
Fill to the brim, I ’ll drink it up,
To the laſt drop, were poiſon in the cup.4
WRITTEN UNDER THE
LADY MARY VILLIERS’ NAME.
If l not love you, Villiers, more
Than ever mortal lov’d before;
With ſuch a paſſion, fix’d and ſure,3
As ev’n poſſeſſion could not cure,
Never to ceaſe but with my breath,
May then this bumper be my death.6
