...command, Consign'd to Venus by Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects, a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings...swain, In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain. * These verses were first printed in a Magazine for 1768, but were written between forty and fifty...

...command, Consign'd to Venus by Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, The' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads. 1 This lady was Bridget, third daughter of Philip Bacon, Esq. of...

...uncertain fate ! " The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, " Consign 'd by Venus to Melissu's hand ; " Not less capricious than a reigning fair, " Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. " lit myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, " In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain : " The...

...as they are, Dr. Jobnscm assured me. tlwy were composed in the short space of five minutes. — N. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, The unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the throbbings...

...Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects, a lover's pray'r. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle...complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease...

...Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects, a lover's pray'r. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle...complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease...

...Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects, a lover's pray'r. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle...complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease...

...lose capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects, a lover's prayer. In myrtle ahadee oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle shades despairing...complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' grave« the myrtle spreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease...

...uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants,...heads, The unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads : ' From some papers of the late Mr. Malone's, which the editor of the present edition purchased at...

...uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants,...heads, The unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads : 1 From some papers of the late Mr. Malone's, which the editor of the present edition purchased at...