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MISCELLANIES.
Written in a leaf of the ſame poems, preſented to
THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
When we ’d exalt ſome heav’nly fair,
To ſome bright goddeſs we compare:
Minerva wiſdom, Juno grace,3
And Venus furniſhes the face.
In royal Anne’s bright form is ſeen
What comprehends them all—the Queen.6
WRITTEN IN
CLARINDA’S PRAYER-BOOK.
In vain, Clarinda! night and day
For pity to the gods you pray:
What arrogance on Heav’n to call
For that which you deny to all!4
MIRA’S PARROT.
In thoſe firſt times, when nymphs were rude and coy,
The gods, diſguis’d, laid ambuſhes for joy:
From Jove in feathers, harmleſs to the ſight,
Leda, without a bluſh, accepts delight.
Mira! as chaſte as Leda, and more fair,5
Forgive an anxious lover’s jealous care;
