English Poetry. Mary Wortley Montagu. Impromptu, to a Young Lady Singing. Мэри Уортли Монтегю.

Mary Wortley Montagu (Мэри Уортли Монтегю)

Impromptu, to a Young Lady Singing

Sing, gentle maid — reform my breast,
And soften all my care;
Thus may I be some moments blest,
And easy in despair.
The pow'r of Orpheus lives in you;
You can the passions of my soul subdue,
And tame the lions and the tigers there.

Mary Wortley Montagu’s other poems:

1. Town Eclogues: Wednesday; the Tête à Tête
2. To Mr. ——
3. Town Eclogues: Thursday; the Bassette-Table
4. John Duke of Marlborough
5. An Elegy on Mrs. Thompson

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