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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[Rejoice, my Heart, Zelinda is appeas'd]
Rejoice, my Heart, Zelinda is appeas'd,
No longer think then on thy Suff'rings past;
But prize that Life wherewith she's not displeas'd,
And think what Joys may crown it at the last.
When on the dreadful Brink of Death thou stood'st,
Her beauteous Hand up-rais'd thee from the Grave;
In common Justice then, my Heart, thou shoud'st
Devote to her that Life which she did save.
No longer think then on thy Suff'rings past;
But prize that Life wherewith she's not displeas'd,
And think what Joys may crown it at the last.
When on the dreadful Brink of Death thou stood'st,
Her beauteous Hand up-rais'd thee from the Grave;
In common Justice then, my Heart, thou shoud'st
Devote to her that Life which she did save.
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