Edward Moore, Moores Fables for the Female Sex
“ Restrain’d with threats, or sooth’d with pray’r; Of freedom proud, and scorning man, Wide o’er the spacious plains he ran. Where’er luxuriant NATURE spread Her flow’ry carpet o’er the mead, Or bubbling streams, soft gliding, pass To cool and freshen up the grass ”
Edward Moore, Moores Fables for the Female Sex
“ When LOVE, who led a rural life, Remote from bustle, state, and strife, Forth from his thatch-roof’d cottage stray’d, And stroll’d along the dewy glade. A nymph, who lightly tripp’d it by, To quick attention turn’d his eye ”
Edward Moore, Moores Fables for the Female Sex
“ The breath of frailty must expire, The world dissolve in living fire; The gems of heav’n and solar flame, Be quench’d by her eternal beam, [Pg 109] And nature, quick’ning in her eye, To raise a new-born phœnix, die. Vanity Thus far extends my friendly pow’r, Nor quits her in her latest hour; Page 108. London: Published by Scatcherd & Letterman, Ave Maria Lane. ”
