"Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known, / Too long to Love hath reason left her throne; / Too long my genius mourn'd his myrtle chain, / And three rich years of youth consum'd in vain."
On Love, An Elegy
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1745, 1748, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1790, 1795, 1800).<br>
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See <u>On Love, an Elegy.</u> ([London?] : [s.n.], Printed in the Year MDCCXLV. [1745]). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T132225">Link to ESTC</a>&gt; [Not attributed to Akenside.]<br>
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Text from <u>The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside and John Dyer.</u> Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, Incumbent of Bear Wood. Illustrated by Birket Foster (London--New York: George Routledge and Co., 1855). &lt;<a href=" http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr  i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z200139952:2">Link to LION</a>&gt;