Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Edward Moore

Author:Edward Moore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fables, English poetry -- 18th century
Published: 2012-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

“And, for I know his gen’rous flame,

Beyond whate’er my sex can claim,

Me, too, to your protection take,

And spare me for my husband’s sake;

Let one unruffled calm delight

The loving and belov’d unite;

One pure desire our bosoms warm,

One will direct, one wish inform;

Through life one mutual aid sustain,

In death one peaceful grave contain.”

While, swelling with the darling theme,

Her accents pour’d an endless stream,

The well-known wings a sound impart,

That reach’d her ear, and touch’d her heart;

Quick dropp’d the music of her tongue,

And forth, with eager joy, she sprung;

As swift her ent’ring consort flew,

And plum’d and kindled at the view;

Their wings, their souls, embracing meet,

Their hearts with answ’ring measure beat;

Half lost in sacred sweets, and bless’d

With raptures felt, but ne’er express’d.

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