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Identifier: twocenturiesofso00thor Title: Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years Year: 1867 (1860s) Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876 Subjects: English poetry Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Son and Marston Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Text Appearing After Image: Your charms in harmless childhood lay Like metals in a mine ;Age from no face takes more away Than youth concealed in thine.But as your charms insensibly To their perfection prest,So love as unperceived did fly, And centered in my breast. My passion with your beauty grew, While Cupid at my heartStill as his mother favoured you Threw a new flaming dart :Each gloried in their wanton part; To make a lover, heEmployed the utmost of his art— To make a beauty, she. Though now I slowly bend to love. Uncertain of my fate,If your fair self my chains approve I shall my freedom hate.Lovers, like dying men, may well At first disordered be.Since none alive can truly tell What fortune they must see. From Sedleys play, The Mulberry Garden. These verses have often been attri-buted to Duncan Forbes of CuUoden. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.