Page:The Works of Alexander Pope (1717).djvu/436

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
400
MISCELLANIES.

To the same,

On her leaving the Town after the Coronation.

As some fond virgin, whom her mother's careDrags from the town to wholsom country air,Just when she learns to roll a melting eye,And hear a spark, yet think no danger nigh;From the dear man unwilling she must sever,Yet takes one kiss before she parts for ever.Thus from the world fair Zephalinda flew,Saw others happy, and with sighs withdrew;Not that their pleasures caus'd her discontent,She sigh'd not that They stay'd, but that She went. She went, to plain-work and to purling brooks,Old-fashion'd halls, dull aunts, and croaking rooks,

She

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.