The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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A SONG.
[Attempt not, dissembler, to move me]
Attempt not, dissembler, to move me,
'Tis seldom I alter my mind;
Nor ever unjust shall you prove me,
Tho' you happen to think me unkind.
'Tis seldom I alter my mind;
Nor ever unjust shall you prove me,
Tho' you happen to think me unkind.
But, vainly, alas! you discover,
The graces, and wit, of your friend;
My son is too constant a lover,
To suffer his passion to bend.
The graces, and wit, of your friend;
My son is too constant a lover,
To suffer his passion to bend.
Both beauty, and wit, I lay claim to,
And those, to a daughter, can grant;
My offspring can boast of the same, too,
'Tis money alone, that we want.
And those, to a daughter, can grant;
My offspring can boast of the same, too,
'Tis money alone, that we want.
Then ask no more questions, good Madam;
Put beauty, and wit, in one scale;
In another, a gypsy, from Haddam,
The last, if she's rich, will prevail.
Put beauty, and wit, in one scale;
In another, a gypsy, from Haddam,
The last, if she's rich, will prevail.
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