Poem by William Shenstone

Impromptu to Miss Utrecia Smith

Whilst round in wild rotations hurl'd,
These glittering forms I view,
Methinks the busy restless world
Is pictured in a few.

So may the busy world advance,
Since thus the Fates decree
It still may have its busy dance,
Whilst I retire with thee.

1. Song (I told my nymph, I told her true)
2. Elegy 3. On the Untimely Death of a Certain Learned Acquainance
3. The Schoolmistress
4. The School-Mistress
5. Valentine's Day

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