A Collection of poems written upon several occasions by several persons with many additions, never before in print.
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701. Poems. Selections. 1673., Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691. Poems. Selections. 1673., Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 21. Poems. Selections. 1673., Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Poems. Selections. 1673.
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Silvia.
THe Nymph that undoes me, is fair & unkind
No less then a wonder by Nature design'd;
She's the grief of my heart, the joy of my eye,
And the cause of a flame that never can die.
Her mouth from whence wit still obligingly flows
Has the beautiful blush, and the smell of the rose;
Love and destiny both attend on her will,
She wounds with a look, with a frown she can kill
The desperate Lover can hope no redress,
Where beautie and rigour are both in excess;
In Silvia they meet, so unhappy am I,
Who sees her most love, & who loves her must die.
