LINES TO A YOUNG LADY,OCCASIONED BY HER DECLINING AN OFFER OF MARRIAGEMade her by a very accomplished Friend of the Author.Oh! form’d to prompt the smile or tear,At once so sweet, yet so severe!As much for you as him I grieve;Ah! thoughtless! if you thus can leaveA mind with wit and learning bright,Where Temper sheds its cloudless light;Where manly honour, taste refin’d,With ev’ry virtue, are combin’d;If you can quit a heart so true,Which has so often throbb’d for you,I’ll pity, tho’ I can’t reprove;And did I, such is Florio’s love,Eager he’d fly to take thy part,E’en in a war against his heart.
Made her by a very accomplished Friend of the Author.
Oh! form’d to prompt the smile or tear,At once so sweet, yet so severe!As much for you as him I grieve;Ah! thoughtless! if you thus can leaveA mind with wit and learning bright,Where Temper sheds its cloudless light;Where manly honour, taste refin’d,With ev’ry virtue, are combin’d;If you can quit a heart so true,Which has so often throbb’d for you,I’ll pity, tho’ I can’t reprove;And did I, such is Florio’s love,Eager he’d fly to take thy part,E’en in a war against his heart.