The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/74

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The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne
by George Granville
3191379The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord LansdowneGeorge Granville

TO MIRA.

Loſt in a labyrinth of doubts and joys,
Whom now her ſmiles reviv’d her ſcorn deſtroys:
She will, and ſhe will not; ſhe grants, denies,
Conſents, retracts, advances, and then flies;
Approving and rejecting in a breath,5
Now proff’ring mercy, now preſenting death.
Thus hoping, thus deſpairing, never ſure,
How various are the torments I endure!
Cruel eſtate of doubt! ah, Mira! try
Once to reſolve—Or let me live or die.10