Susanna, take Lucretia's boasted Place,
Superior Virtue claims superior Pow'r!
The Roman could not live with her Disgrace,
But Thou more nobly chose to die before!
Yet to reward her gen'rous high Design,
Her bleeding Bosom set her Country free;
While Heav'n, in juster Recompence to thine,
Restor'd both Life and Fame entire to Thee!
More verses by Samuel Boyse
- Stanzas Occasion'D By Reading Mr. Pope's Imitation Of Horace, Book Iv. Ode I.
- Part Of Psalm Xlii In Imitation Of The Style Of Spencer.
- The Olive, An Heroick Ode: Preface.
- The Character And Speech Of Cosroes The Mede: An Improvement Of The Squire's Tale Of Chaucer.
- The Vision Of Patience, An Allegorical Poem.
