FROM A YOUNG LADY TO HER LOVER, WHO WAS GOING TO SEA. FAREWELL! dear Swain, let neither seas nor wind With fond desire, to gaze upon those eyes; HIS ANSWER. My dearest Celia! further griefs forbear, You cannot save ine-for 'tis death to part. The Honeysuckle. THE CHOICE OF A BACHELOR'S WIFE. WHEN I am to chuse a woman, Nor a tongue that may miscarry : First, to make my choice the bolder, For it is seldom seen that blood Yet an ancient stock may bring Those descents that brought them forth; Therefore, to prevent such care, That repentance soon may bring; But buys a horse to lose a race. Yet I would have her fair as any, If of proud majestic mien, Such as they fine women call, In whatsoever place she's seen She will courted be by all; But let her heart with such pride glow, That still to all she answers no. Yet I would not have her lose That must worship ev'ry thing; Let her be by nature wise, But not learned grown by arts; In the one a pleasure lies, Th' other self-conceit imparts: Good sense will make a wife more civil; But critic learning—a mere devil. Nor a fam'd, reputed wit, Shall she 'mong the witlings be; Such most follies do commit; For such like too light ships we see, Which with small ballast and great sail Are soonest apt to turn up tail. Nor she shall not, while she's woo'd, That her dreams were ever chaste; While I court her, as a maid, Let her shew a thousand fears; Tell, that he or he betray'd, After vows, and after tears; Hence will she know my constant life Rewards a meritorious wife. When the priest first joins our hands In what high and holy bands, Like twins, kind heav'n hath planted us; Then both, like Aaron's rod, together At once may bud, grow green, and wither. Gentleman's Magazine. MONSIEUR MAYNARD AN OLD SERVANT TO LEWIS THE THIRTEENTH, To Cardinal Richlieu. SICK of a life possess'd in vain, Then will I charm him with your name, The pow'r of France, the Spaniard's shame, Grateful the royal shade will smile, And drown old losses in new fame. But should he ask me in what sphere, What would you please to have me say? The Friends. |