| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Early Poems: Imitations of English Poets | | Waller: On a Lady Singing to Her Lute |
| | | FAIR Charmer, cease! nor make your Voice’s prize | |
| A heart resign’d the conquest of your Eyes: | |
| Well might, alas! that threaten’d vessel fail, | |
| Which winds and lightning both at once assail. | |
| We were too bless’d with these enchanting lays, | 5 |
| Which must be heav’nly when an Angel plays: | |
| But killing charms your lover’s death contrive, | |
| Lest heav’nly music should be heard alive. | |
| Orpheus could charm the trees; but thus a tree, | |
| Taught by your hand, can charm no less than he; | 10 |
| A poet made the silent wood pursue; | |
| This vocal wood had drawn the poet too. | | | | |
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