ON Receiving from the Right Hon. the Lady FRANCES SHIRLEY A STANDISH AND TWO PENS. YES, I beheld th' Athenian Queen Defcend in all her fober charms; "And take (she said, and smil'd ferene) "Take at this hand celeftial arms: "Secure the radiant weapons wield; "And if a Vicc dares keep the field, Aw'd on my bended knees I fell, Receiv'd the weapons of the sky; And dipt them in the fable Well, The fount of Fame or Infamy. "What Well? what Weapon? (Flavia cries) "But, Friend, take heed whom you attack; L "You'd write as fmooth again on glass, "Athenian Queen! and fober charms! "Come, if you'll be a quiet foul, "That dares tell neither Truth nor Lies, "I'll lift you in the harmless roll "Of thofe that fing of these poor eyes. THE END OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 1 |