William Shenstone Poems

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51.
Ode, Written 1739

'Twas not by beauty's aid alone
That Love usurp'd his airy throne,
His boasted power display'd;
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52.
Extent Of Cookery

When Tom to Cambridge first was sent,
A plain brown bob he wore;
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53.
The Speeches Of Sloth And Virtue

[Upon the Plan of Xenophen's Judgment of Hercules]

SLOTH
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'Twas always held, and ever will,
By sage mankind, discreeter
To anticipate a lesser ill
Than undergo a greater.
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55.
Ode To A Young Lady

[Somewhat Too Solicitious about Her Manner of Expression]

Survey, my fair! that lucid stream,
Adown the smiling valley stray;
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56.

While others, lost to friendship, lost to love,
Waste their best minutes on a foreign strand,
Be mine, with British nymph or swain to rove,
And court the Genius of my native land.
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Say, gentle Sleep! that lov'st the gloom of night,
Parent of dreams! thou great Magician! say,
Whence my late vision thus endures the light,
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58.
Hint From Voiture

Let Sol his annual journeys run,
And when the radiant task is done,
Confess, through all the globe, 'twou'd pose him,
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59.
Impromptu To Miss Utrecia Smith

Whilst round in wild rotations hurl'd,
These glittering forms I view,
Methinks the busy restless world
Is pictured in a few.
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60.
Ode To Memory

O Memory! Celestial maid!
Who glean'st the flowerets cropt by time;
And, suffering not a leaf to fade,
Preserv'st the blossoms of our prime;
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