...uncertain fate ; The Myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, Confign'd by Venus to Melifla's hand ; Not lefs capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle fhades oft fings the happy fwain, In myrtle fliades defpairing ghofts complain : The myrtle crowns...

...Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning Fair, Oft favors, 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 I then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the...

...fate : " The myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, " Confign'd by Venus to Melifla's hand; " Not lefs capricious than a reigning fair, " Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. - • * A prize of fifty pounds for the beft poem " on Life, Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell." Ste...

...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,...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : O then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the throbbings of...

...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,...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : O then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the throbbings of...

...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,...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, " The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : " O then the meaning of thy gift impart, " And ease the throbbings...

...Consign'd to Venus by Melissa's hand) • Not less capricious that 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. 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 pra/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 the...

...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 shades despairing ghosts complain, * These verses were first printed in a Magazine for i"<58, but were written between forty and fifty...

...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,...myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, " The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : " O then the meaning of thy gift impart, " And ease the throbbings...