Poem by Charlotte Dacre

Simile

THE little Moth round candle turning,
Stops not till its wings are burning:
So woman, dazzled by man's wooing,
Rushes to her own undoing.

1. Julia's Murder; or, The Song of Woe
2. Thaw
3. Ruin'd Innocence
4. The Sovereignty of Love
5. Addressed to the Author in the Morning Herald

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