Poem by Mary Wortley Montagu

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.

1. The Fourth Ode of the First Book of Horace Imitated
2. Epigram, 1734
3. Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday from the Country
4. Answered, for Lord William Hamilton
5. Ballad, on a Late Occurrence

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