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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[In close Retirement lives each Family]
In close Retirement lives each Family,
And all is done with th'utmost Privacy;
No Balls, or Serenades alarm the Ear,
Nor i'th' Streets any, but at Night appear:
All Persons there, their own Affairs attend,
Without intrusting Confidant, or Friend:
There Lovers seldom meet, but keep away,
Forc'd a Constraint on their Desires to lay;
There they must suffer, yet not dare complain,
Tho' then oppress'd, with the most cruel Pain.
This is the School where Lovers learn to try,
The soft persuasive Language of the Eye;
That silent Language, which so well imparts
The inmost Thoughts, and Wishes of our Hearts;
Which, without speaking, can the Mind explain,
And tell us all its Joy, and all its Pain.
And all is done with th'utmost Privacy;
No Balls, or Serenades alarm the Ear,
Nor i'th' Streets any, but at Night appear:
All Persons there, their own Affairs attend,
Without intrusting Confidant, or Friend:
There Lovers seldom meet, but keep away,
Forc'd a Constraint on their Desires to lay;
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Tho' then oppress'd, with the most cruel Pain.
This is the School where Lovers learn to try,
The soft persuasive Language of the Eye;
That silent Language, which so well imparts
The inmost Thoughts, and Wishes of our Hearts;
Which, without speaking, can the Mind explain,
And tell us all its Joy, and all its Pain.
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