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Occasional verse, English.
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"Poems written on several occasions by N. Tate." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63114.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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The Installment.
I.
LOng have I languisht in the FireOf an unquenchable Desire;And will it not suffice Thee, Love,That I thy silent Martyr am,Unless thy Worship I improve,Converting others to thy Flame?If I the Practise not neglect,Thou canst no more from Me expect;Not gifted for a Teacher in the Sect.
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II.
My Gifts of Nature are too small;I own it, and pretend no Call:Beside, I've found at last the Cheat;The Flame that does thy Priests inspire,(Pretended for Seraphick Heat)Is meer Enthusiastick Fire.When Heav'n inspires, the Mind no Trouble knows;But Love's wild Extasies (like thoseOf Pagan Priests) torment and discompose.
III.
And 'tis no more than their Desert,That these Impostors thus should smart;By whose false Wiles we are betray'dTo Love's curst Tyranny and Rage:For they, when once his Captives made,Streight fall to singing in their Cage:Mean while from far the wond'ring Flock repairs,And list'ning to their Charming Airs,Insensibly are caught in equal Snares.
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