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VGW(PA.737.056
15-22 Jul 1737:21, 22 (51)
A FIT OF THE SPLEEN.
In imitation of Shakespear.
A constant vapour o'er the palace flies;
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise:
Dreadful, as Hermie's dreams in haunted shades.
Rape of the Lock.
Farewell, vain world, and thou its vainest part,
Of lovely woman! fram'd for man's destruction!
Beauty, like nightshade to the teeming wife,
If seen gives wishes restless, endless longings;
If tasted, death:---Too hard decree of fate,
That life must be a burthen, or must end!
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