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MG-A(G.772.003
13 Feb 1772:21 (1379)
ODE TO DELIA, playing on the Harpsichord, with her gloves
on.
Women, by nature, cruel are,
For though they all delight to please,
Yet they all take peculiar care
In pleasing, to be sure to teaze:
This truth thy conduct, Delia, proves,
Else why, when lovesick Damon stands,
Attentive to the strains he loves,
Rais'd by thy nimble pliant hands,
Why, cruel, dost thou veil those arms,
And rosy fingers, ting'd with white?
---Why, cause thus weak'ning musick's charms,
Giving him pain, gives thee delight.
[signed] Philander.
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