The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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[Sweet Nelly's soft attractive Eyes]
Sweet
Nelly's soft attractive Eyes
Allure my Heart to Ruin;
Fair Bella takes me by Surprize;
Her Smartness is undoing.
Allure my Heart to Ruin;
Fair Bella takes me by Surprize;
Her Smartness is undoing.
The Mildness of the gentle Sue
O'ercomes my Soul with Pleasure:
And lively, rapid, boisterous Prue
I love beyond all Measure.
O'ercomes my Soul with Pleasure:
And lively, rapid, boisterous Prue
I love beyond all Measure.
The bright Eliza I adore;
For she is tall and slender:
But, Harriot, still, I value more;
Because she's fat and tender.
For she is tall and slender:
But, Harriot, still, I value more;
Because she's fat and tender.
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For Anna, too, with Love I burn;
Although no Maid is shorter:
The pretty Silvia's Scorn I mourn:
Dull Jenny gives me Torture.
Although no Maid is shorter:
The pretty Silvia's Scorn I mourn:
Dull Jenny gives me Torture.
And, Half an hundred lovely Dames,
Besides these potent Charmers,
Engross my Thoughts, possess my Dreams,
And are my Heart's Alarmers:
Besides these potent Charmers,
Engross my Thoughts, possess my Dreams,
And are my Heart's Alarmers:
A thousand Ways that Heart they seize;
Their Charms I cannot parry;
A thousand Ways my Humour please,
Just as their Tempers vary:
Their Charms I cannot parry;
A thousand Ways my Humour please,
Just as their Tempers vary:
For, fat, or lean, or tall, or short,
Mild, sensible, or stupid,
Whate'er she is, I am her Sport,
And, still, the Slave of Cupid.
Mild, sensible, or stupid,
Whate'er she is, I am her Sport,
And, still, the Slave of Cupid.
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