Pattison, William (1706-1727)

To a Needle, that Pricked his Mistress's Finger. [from The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison]

London

Printed for H. Curll

1728

"At once thy small, yet glorious Dart / Shall conquer Love's, and Laura's Heart."

But, ah! then dreadful Foe, forbear
To execute thy Fury here;
Yet, if you still to Rage incline,
Revenge at once, your Cause, and mine:
Let her obdurate Bosom feel
The angry Fury of thy Steel.
Her Bosom! soft as Turtle's Down,
Yet harder than the hardest Stone!
Her Bosom! colder than the Snow,
Burning at once, and freezing too,
Will brave thy fiercest, deadliest Blow.
Here infix thy piercing Dart,
Deep as Love has pierc'd my Heart:
Then, if thou gain'st the Victory,
How wond'rous will the Conquest be?
To win a Fortress that withstood
The utmost Fury of a God;
At once thy small, yet glorious Dart
Shall conquer Love's, and Laura's Heart.

War::Conquest::Conquer Heart

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Only 1 entry in ESTC (1727).

The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College Cambridge. (London: Printed in the year MDCCXXVIII [i.e. 1727] For H. Curll in the Strand). <Link to ESTC>

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