Of His Mistress.
(After Anthony Hamilton.) To G. S. She that I love is neither brown nor fair, And, in a word her worth to say, There is no maid that with her may Compare. Yet of her charms the count is clear, I ween: There are five hundred things we see, And then five hundred too there be, Not seen. Her wit, her wisdom are direct from Heaven: But the sweet Graces from their store A thousand finer touches more Have given. Her cheek's warm dye what painter's brush could note? Beside her Flora would be wan And white as whiteness of the swan Her throat. Her supple waist, her arm from Venus came, Hebe her nose and lip confess, And, looking in her eyes, you guess Her name.
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