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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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[Strephon, at length, thy Passion I approve]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[Strephon, at length, thy Passion I approve]

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Strephon, at length, thy Passion I approve,
Thank Pity here, the beauteous Child of Love;
Her Words have forc'd their Passage to my Breast,
And me with tender Thoughts of thee possessed;
Live then, I give thee Leave, fond Strephon, live,
And with this pleasing Hope thy heart revive;
That with thy Passion won, I shall, one Day,
With endless Love thy Constancy repay.