Against Fruition

No; thou’rt a fool, I’ll swear, if e’er thou grant;

Much of my veneration thou must want,

When once thy kindness puts my ignorance out,

For a learn’d age is always least devout.

Keep still thy distance; for at once to me

Goddess and woman too thou canst not be;

Thou’rt queen of all that sees thee, and as such

Must neither tyrannize nor yield too much;

Such freedom give as may admit command,

But keep the forts and magazines in thine hand.

Thou’rt yet a whole world to me, and dost fill

My large ambition; but ’tis dang’rous still,

Lest I like the Pellæan prince* should be,

And weep for other worlds, having conquered thee.

When Love has taken all thou hast away,

His strength by too much riches will decay.

Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand

Than women can be placed by Nature’s hand;

And I must needs, I’m sure, a loser be,

To change thee, as thou’rt there, for very thee.

Thy sweetness is so much within me placed,

That shouldst thou nectar give, ‘twould spoil the taste.

Beauty at first moves wonder and delight;

‘Tis Nature’s juggling trick to cheat the sight;

We admire it, whilst unknown, but after more

Admire ourselves for liking it before.

Love, like a greedy hawk, if we give way,

Does overgorge himself with his own prey;

Of very hopes a surfeit he’ll sustain

Unless by fears he cast them up again:

His spirit and sweetness dangers keep alone;

If once he lose his sting, he grows a drone.

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• Гавриил Державин – Философы, пьяный и трезвый by Гавриил Державин
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• Гавриил Державин – Жан Расин. Рассказ Терамена by Гавриил Державин
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• Гавриил Державин – Покаяние by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Подражание псалму (Терпел я, уповал на Бога) by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Песенка by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Пчелка by Гавриил Державин
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• Гавриил Державин – Осень by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Оковы by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – О удовольствии by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Надежда на бога by Гавриил Державин

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