Comic Tales and Lyrical Fancies including The Chessiad, a Mock-Heroic, in Five Cantos; and The Wreath of Love, in Four Cantos. By C. Dibdin, the Younger |
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CURIOSITY AND CUPID. |
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CURIOSITY AND CUPID.
Curiosity, simple and young,
Went carelessly singing one day;
A boy from a myrtle grove sprung,
Who look'd like the brother of May.
“Ah! where, pretty urchin,” said she,
“With arch-looking eyes, do you rove?”
“O, dear, pretty miss,” replied he,
“'Tis a secret as pleasing as Love.”
Went carelessly singing one day;
A boy from a myrtle grove sprung,
Who look'd like the brother of May.
“Ah! where, pretty urchin,” said she,
“With arch-looking eyes, do you rove?”
“O, dear, pretty miss,” replied he,
“'Tis a secret as pleasing as Love.”
Curiosity would with him hie,
His secret to win by the way;
A small golden toy caught her eye,
Conceal'd in his bosom that lay.
She said, “What is that, like a dart,
You fear from your bosom to move?”
Said he, “'Tis a charm for the heart—
A secret as pleasing as Love.”
His secret to win by the way;
A small golden toy caught her eye,
Conceal'd in his bosom that lay.
She said, “What is that, like a dart,
You fear from your bosom to move?”
Said he, “'Tis a charm for the heart—
A secret as pleasing as Love.”
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Curiosity came, as they went,
To where a fair youth lay asleep;
Said the boy, “To this bower I was sent”—
Of course the nymph would have a peep:
That instant her guide drew the dart,
“My secrets,” he cried, “you would prove;
And (while laughing, he aim'd at her heart,)
You'll find them as teasing as Love.”
To where a fair youth lay asleep;
Said the boy, “To this bower I was sent”—
Of course the nymph would have a peep:
That instant her guide drew the dart,
“My secrets,” he cried, “you would prove;
And (while laughing, he aim'd at her heart,)
You'll find them as teasing as Love.”
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