The poetical works of Sir Alexander Boswell ... Now first collected and edited, with memoir, by Robert Howie Smith |
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CAPTAIN O'FLYN AND MISS DOLLY O'LYNN—DUET.
Ein mudchen oder werbchen.
CAPTAIN.
On charms of wit and beauty
My heart's too prone to doat;
But prudence, teaching duty,
Cries, Love won't boil the pot!
Oh! could I but hit on an heiress,
Who in some old Tabitha's care is,
I'd take her for better, for worse,
With money enough in her purse.
MISS.
The Captain is quite pleasing;
Pray who can say he's not?
But is it not quite teazing,
He is not worth a groat?
Oh! could I but hit on an Earl,
And in a gay equipage whirl,
I'd take him for better, for worse,
With money enough in his purse.
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—Since Fate, then, is so cruel,
'Tis better far to part.
Miss.
—Than ride, my dearest jewel,
Together in a—cart!
Captain.
—What signifies making wry faces?
Miss.
—Let's part in each other's good graces.
Both.
—You never can hit on a worse,
For I have not a coin in my purse.
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