VERSES
to
CAMILLA
.
By
the
Same
.
WEARY'D
with
indolent
repose
,
A
life
unmix'd
with
joys
or
woes
;
Where
all
the
lazy
moments
crept
,
And
ev'ry
passion
sluggish
slept
;
I
wish'd
for
love's
inspiring
pains
,
To
rouze
the
loiterer
in
my
veins
.
Th'
officious
power
my
call
attends
,
He
who
uncall'd
his
succour
lends
;
And
with
a
smile
of
wanton
spite
,
He
gave
Camilla
to
my
sight
.
Her
eyes
their
willing
captive
seize
,
Her
look
,
her
air
,
her
manner
please
;
New
beauties
please
,
unseen
before
,
Or
seen
,
in
her
they
please
me
more
;
And
soon
,
too
soon
,
alas
!
I
find
The
virtues
of
a
nobler
kind
.
Now
cheerful
springs
the
morning
ray
,
Now
cheerful
sinks
the
closing
day
;
For
every
morn
with
her
I
walk'd
,
And
every
eve
with
her
I
talk'd
;
With
her
I
lik'd
the
vernal
bloom
,
With
her
I
lik'd
the
crowded
room
;
From
her
at
night
I
went
with
pain
,
And
long'd
for
morn
to
meet
again
.
How
quick
the
smiling
moments
pass
,
Thro'
varying
fancy's
mimick
glass
!
While
the
gay
seene
is
painted
o'er
,
Where
all
was
one
wide
blank
before
:
And
sweetly
sooth'd
th'
inchanting
dream
,
Till
love
inspir'd
a
bolder
scheme
.
Camilla
,
stung
with
grief
and
shame
,
Now
marks
,
and
shuns
the
guilty
flame
;
Fierce
anger
lighten'd
in
her
face
,
Then
cold
reserve
assum'd
its
place
:
And
soon
,
the
wretch's
hardest
fate
,
Contempt
succeeds
declining
hate
,
No
more
my
presence
now
she
flies
,
She
sees
me
with
unheeding
eyes
;
Sees
me
with
various
passion
burn
,
Enrag'd
depart
,
submiss
return
;
Return
with
flattering
hopes
to
find
Soft
pity
move
her
gentle
mind
.
But
ah
!
her
looks
were
still
the
same
,
Unmark'd
I
went
,
unmark'd
I
came
;
Unmark'd
were
all
my
hopes
and
fears
,
While
Strephon
whispers
in
her
ears
.
O
Jealousy
!
distracting
guest
!
Fly
to
some
happy
lover's
breast
;
Fitly
with
joy
thou
minglest
care
,
But
why
inhabit
with
despair
?