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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[For all the various Charms, that can adorn]
For all the various Charms, that can adorn
A blooming Virgin, in her Person met;
A Milk-white Skin, Cheeks rosy as the Morn,
A Mouth with even Rows of Ivory set;
Lips Coral Red, and suing to be press'd,
Eyes that would stir an Anchoret's Desire;
A Faultless Shape, imagine all the Rest,
Then say, who would not at her Feet expire?
A blooming Virgin, in her Person met;
A Milk-white Skin, Cheeks rosy as the Morn,
A Mouth with even Rows of Ivory set;
Lips Coral Red, and suing to be press'd,
Eyes that would stir an Anchoret's Desire;
A Faultless Shape, imagine all the Rest,
Then say, who would not at her Feet expire?
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