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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[There one may tender Lovers see]
There one may tender Lovers see,
In Crowds flock thither every Day;
Near th'Object of their Vows to be,
And with them sport the Time away:
There ev'ry House is deck'd with Flow'rs,
All seems magnificent and gay;
In Feasts and Balls they spend the Hours,
And Care and Sorrow put away.
All Vice is likewise banish'd thence,
Nor suffered in this blest Retreat;
E'en Misers lavish there their Pence,
Bless'd if therewith a Smile they get.
Nay, the most froward Mortals strive,
Themselves agreeable to make;
And the most stupid Sotts alive,
Learn Wit, and off their Folly shake.
The Pensive too, no longer dumb,
Finds there a Tongue, and talks with Ease;
In short there's none who thither come,
But study all they can to please.
In Crowds flock thither every Day;
Near th'Object of their Vows to be,
And with them sport the Time away:
There ev'ry House is deck'd with Flow'rs,
All seems magnificent and gay;
In Feasts and Balls they spend the Hours,
And Care and Sorrow put away.
All Vice is likewise banish'd thence,
Nor suffered in this blest Retreat;
E'en Misers lavish there their Pence,
Bless'd if therewith a Smile they get.
Nay, the most froward Mortals strive,
Themselves agreeable to make;
And the most stupid Sotts alive,
Learn Wit, and off their Folly shake.
The Pensive too, no longer dumb,
Finds there a Tongue, and talks with Ease;
In short there's none who thither come,
But study all they can to please.
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