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The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams

... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits

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(Written in February 1739-40.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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(Written in February 1739-40.)

Donec gratus eram tibi, &c.

Winnington.
FOR that short time that I alone was blest,
Singly admitted to that lovely breast,
There was no happier fellow in this town,
Not Essex, Bludworth, or the vig'rous Brown.

Ethelreda.
Whilst me you lov'd, beyond each earthly thing,
Nor Ethelreda was postpon'd to Bing;
I shone the foremost character in life,
Nor envy'd Walmod, or Lord Archi's wife.
For Teddy Bing a passion now I feel,
Who both a Pichen and my heart could steal;

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To save whose life I'd stand all Hambden's fury,
Bully the witnesses, and bribe the jury.

Winnington.
I have as odd a passion for my Kitty
(The motley breed of quality and city).
Had I as many lives as twenty cats,
I'd give them all for one dear game at---
What if to nature I again return,
And for thy beauteous form once more should burn!
Should I quit Bing, would you take back your Winny,
And love again as if the devil was in ye?
Tho' Kitty's full of sentiments refin'd,
Thou rough as seas, and fickle as the wind;
Tho' when I melt in tender Kitty's lap,
I fear no children, and I dread no---

Ethelreda.
With thee I'd choose to live, tho' sure to breed,
And take my Lord to bed, in case of need.