Nicholas Amhurst

thumb| Nicholas Amhurst (16 October 1697 – 27 April 1742) was an English poet and political writer. Quotes CLOE, dear JACK, that once victorious Name, CLOE, the Object of my raging Flame, Whom I did more than Life or Friendship prize, In Fleetstreet now a common strumpet plies, Turns up to ev’ry Puppy in the Town, And claps the Temple Rake for half a Crown. "Catullus Imitated", in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd ed. (1723), p. 35, adapting ep. 58 CLOE, as soon as she has plaid the Whore, Repents the Deed, and vows to do’t no more; With the next Man she meets, to cure her Pain, She breaks her Vow, repents, and vows again; Breaks it again, so yielding is the Dame, And does the next Day and the next the same; Or keep thy Vows, frail Nymph, or vow no more, Cease to repent, or cease to play the Whore. Plain Fornication is a venial Evil, But Perjury leads headlong to the Devil. "On the Same"; ibid. External links Category:1697 births Category:1742 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Political authors from England