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 th'Island which from Marriage takes its Name]
In th'Island which from Marriage takes its Name,
Especially amongst the Jealous Sands,
The watchfull'st, haughtiest, and discreetest Dame,
With Difficulty can escape our Hands:
Yet do we never open War declare,
We are a kind of subtle Privateers;
And when we find a tender hearted Fair,
With all her num'rous Train of Hopes and Fears;
Let Argus all his Hundred Eyes employ,
Still will we be the Masters of the Field,
In Spight of him we'll seize the killing Joy,
And force the coyest, stubborn'st She to yield.
Especially amongst the Jealous Sands,
The watchfull'st, haughtiest, and discreetest Dame,
With Difficulty can escape our Hands:
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We are a kind of subtle Privateers;
And when we find a tender hearted Fair,
With all her num'rous Train of Hopes and Fears;
Let Argus all his Hundred Eyes employ,
Still will we be the Masters of the Field,
In Spight of him we'll seize the killing Joy,
And force the coyest, stubborn'st She to yield.
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