"Well-pleased, in fancy he surveys, / With fancy's mimick tint pourtrays / The fate elysian of the swain, / Who, stranger to his nymph's disdain, / Feels the true zest of Cupid's reign, / His lasting joys enhanced by momentary pain."
Poetical Excursions in the Isle of Wight.
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1777). [Note, ESTC does not provide any attribution for the work.]<br>
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Text from <u>The Poetical Works of Percival Stockdale.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and W. Clarke, By W. Pople, 1810).<br>
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See also <u>Poetical excursions in the Isle of Wight.</u> (London: Printed for N. Conant (successor to Mr. Whiston), in Fleet-Street, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T112390">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;