Poems upon Several Occasions/47

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CHLOE.

CHLOE's the Wonder of her Sex,
'Tis well her Heart is tender;
How might such killing Eyes perplex,
With Virtue to defend her!

But Nature, graciously inclin'd,
Not bent to vex but please us,
Has to her boundless Beauty join'd
A boundless Will to ease us.