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Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham

UNDER A LADY'S PICTURE.

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Such Helen was! and who can blame the boy[1] That in so bright a flame consumed his Troy? But had like virtue shined in that fair Greek, The am'rous shepherd had not dared to seek Or hope for pity; but with silent moan, And better fate, had perished alone.

[1] Paris.

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