Poems.

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Title

Poems.

Author

Temple, Laura Sophia.

Publication

London: Printed for R. Phillips

1805

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"Poems." In the digital collection British Women Romantic Poets. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/TempLPoems. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.

Pages

The SEARCH after LOVE.

 I read of the gay smile of Love, I hear of its mischievous flame, But vainly my fancy has strove To believe in the fabulous name. 

 I question my infidel breast, Yet spy not a trace of it there, As yet every pulse is at rest, Unknown to the throbbings of care. 

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 I gaze on the warm-beaming light, Of Beauty's all-conquering eye ; I gaze,­but the frenzying sight Ne'er wakes in my bosom a sigh. 

 I muse on the murdering smile Of youth's deep and varying rose, But vainly it strives to beguile, Or ruin my reason's repose : 

 And vain are the efforts of wit To make me experience a smart ; My brain for a moment is smit, But I find not a sting in my heart. 

Poems.

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The SEARCH after LOVE.

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