Poems on Various Subjects with some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. By Samuel Bowden |
AN ÆNIGMA. |
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AN ÆNIGMA.
(By a Young Lady)
A Thousand sweet pleasures from nature's rich treasures,
To please me, does heav'n impart;
And man seldom content, with what nature has sent,
Supplies me with more by his art.
I in gardens delight, tho' I'm blind as the night,
By all I'm fed, squeez'd, and caress'd;
I decency love, and good house-wives approve;
But a slut, and her works I detest.
Man by luxury taught, from the Indies has brought
Strange food, which much pleases my palate;
While nature more wise, looking on with surprize,
Would as soon feed the ears with a sallad.
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And when in that troublesome mood,
For a servant oft' send, who at hand does attend;
But when running, ne'er relish my food.
I'm sagacious, and wise, beyond mortal eyes,
Foul matters I oft' bring to light;
Without eye, without ear, to me they are clear,
Tho' by art they're conceal'd from the sight.
If Chloe should be, with the bottle too free,
Tho' silent I tell her disgrace;
And often discover the desolate lover,
And expose the too amorous lass.
Being learned so deep, in the van I still keep;
While all parties, each sex, and degree,
Tho' often they wrangle, fight, quarrel, and jangle
Are united in following me.
HOLT.
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