The Poetical Entertainer Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward] |
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Woman given to Change:
OR, The wonderful Difference between a Maid and a Wife.
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When I was Young, and dear Belinda Fair,Each charming glance of her engaging Eyes,
So warm'd my Veins, that 'twas my hourly Care,
To Court the Nymph, that I might win the Prize:
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That both alike seem'd eager of the Joy.
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But when, with moving Sighs, and humble Vows,I had obtain'd the Nymph to my Embrace,
Her Tongue confirm'd her a vexatious Blowze;
And chang'd her Looks into a Fury's Face;
Now all her Maiden Smiles were turn'd to Frowns,
No Peace without new Peticoats and Gowns.
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The Heav'n I hop'd for, thus I sought in vain,Enjoyment prov'd but a deceitful Toy,
To which the Nymph allures the silly Swain,
By only study'd Looks, and seeming Coy;
But when she' as noos'd him in the Nuptial State,
He's Woman's Bubble, which he finds too late.
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