L The RELAPSE. IKE Children in a starry Night, When I beheld thofe Eyes before, I gaz'd with Wonder and Delight, Infenfible of all their Pow'r. I play'd about the Flame fo long, My Hopes were weak, my Passion strong, By all the Helps of humane Art, But, But, fince you fhine away Defpair, If once again my Vows difpleafe, The S The RECOVERY. Ighing and languishing I lay, A Stranger grown to all Delight, Paffing with tedious Thoughts the Day, And with unquiet Dreams the Night. ; For your dear fake, my only Care Till, like fome Angel from above, Those Those pleasing Hopes I now purfue, Here all my Doubts and Troubles end; Nor am I vain, fince I depend Not on my own Defert, but yours. The The CONVERT. Ejected as true Converts die, Dejected But yet with fervent Thoughts inflam'd, So, faireft! at your Feet Ilic, Of all my Sex's Faults asham'd. Too long, alas, have I abus'd Love's innocent and facred Flame, And that divineft Pow'r have us'd To laugh at, as an idle Name. But fince fo freely I confefs A Crime which may your Scorn produce, Allow me now to make it lefs By any juft and fair Excufe. |