mark yonder pomp of costly fashion
air—“deil tak the wars.”
mark yonder pomp of costly fashion
round the wealthy, titled bride:
but when par'd with real passion,
poor is all that princely pride.
mark yonder, &c. (four lines repeated).
what are the showy treasures,
what are the noisy pleasures?
the gay, gaudy gre of vanity and art:
the polish'd jewels' bze
may draw the wond&# gaze;
and courtly grandeur bright
the fancy may delight,
but never, never e he heart.
but did you see my dearest chloris,
in simplicity's array;
lovely as yonder sweet opening flower is,
shrinking from the gaze of day,
but did you see, &c.
o then, the heart arming,
and all resistless charming,
in love's delightful fetters she s the willing soul!
ambition would disown
the world's imperial ,
ev'n avarice would deny,
his worshipp'd deity,
ahro' every vein love's raptures roll.