 | The Poems of St. George Tucker of Williamsburg, Virginia 1752-1827 |  |
To Mr. Page on His Marriage
Farewell rhyming; farewell writing
Dodesley, too, a long farewell
Love and Hymen now inviting
P—must break your magic spell.
Dodesley, too, a long farewell
Love and Hymen now inviting
P—must break your magic spell.
Rhyme like Circe's draught bewitching
I was scribbling day and night
Scratching, thus produced by itching
Still increases the delight.
I was scribbling day and night
Scratching, thus produced by itching
Still increases the delight.
Dodesley next my thought engrosses.
Merchants, thus, by fortune blessed
To secure their wealth from losses
Lock it, in an iron chest.
Merchants, thus, by fortune blessed
To secure their wealth from losses
Lock it, in an iron chest.
Love and Hymen now inviting
P—must break the magic spell
Farewell rhyming, farewell writing
Dodesley, too, a long farewell.
P—must break the magic spell
Farewell rhyming, farewell writing
Dodesley, too, a long farewell.
Mar. 1790
| The Poems of St. George Tucker of Williamsburg, Virginia 1752-1827 | |