Cupid and Hymen a Voyage to the Isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the Facetious H. C. [i.e. Henry Carey] and T. B.: To which are added, a map of the Island of Marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single ... The Fourth Edition |
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[This charming Isle, which ravishes the Sight]
This charming Isle, which ravishes the Sight,
Is sacred to the God of soft Desires;
Who to all Mankind's Homage claims a Right,
And ev'ry Breast inflames with am'rous Fires.
None 'scape his Pow'r, all feel the tingling Dart,
The Young, the Old, the Monarch, and the Slave:
Who is exempt therefrom that has a Heart,
The Weak, the Strong, the Coward, or the Brave?
Once in their Lives here all a Visit make,
And quit their Home to see this happy Isle;
Here their most ardent Wishes Center take,
Dependent on the Fair One's Frown or Smile,
Ten Thousand different Ways you here may land,
No Wind's amiss to bring you into Port;
No Chains, no Guards, to bar the Entrance stand,
All Sides lie open for a free Resort.
Th'Agreeables, the Beauties, Graces, Charms,
Have all the Ports committed to their Care;
And making use of Love resistless Arms,
Let fly at all, and not a Heart they spare.
Is sacred to the God of soft Desires;
Who to all Mankind's Homage claims a Right,
And ev'ry Breast inflames with am'rous Fires.
None 'scape his Pow'r, all feel the tingling Dart,
The Young, the Old, the Monarch, and the Slave:
Who is exempt therefrom that has a Heart,
The Weak, the Strong, the Coward, or the Brave?
Once in their Lives here all a Visit make,
And quit their Home to see this happy Isle;
Here their most ardent Wishes Center take,
Dependent on the Fair One's Frown or Smile,
Ten Thousand different Ways you here may land,
No Wind's amiss to bring you into Port;
No Chains, no Guards, to bar the Entrance stand,
All Sides lie open for a free Resort.
Th'Agreeables, the Beauties, Graces, Charms,
Have all the Ports committed to their Care;
And making use of Love resistless Arms,
Let fly at all, and not a Heart they spare.
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