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A SIMILE.
Hast not thou seen, say honest Natt:
The Frolicks of the simple Cat?
How in a Chamber, young and gay,
Her Tail she courses round in Play;
How round and round she'll still pursue,
Still has the Play-Thing in her View;
Oft catches at it with a Spring,
Then misses it, and runs the ring;
Wishes to snap the Bauble in,
But whisks it back, and fools agen.
The Frolicks of the simple Cat?
How in a Chamber, young and gay,
Her Tail she courses round in Play;
How round and round she'll still pursue,
Still has the Play-Thing in her View;
Oft catches at it with a Spring,
Then misses it, and runs the ring;
Wishes to snap the Bauble in,
But whisks it back, and fools agen.
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So fares the half-complying Lass,
When warmly courted on the Grass;
With eager Looks she eyes her Love,
And longs the soft Delight to prove:
Doubts labour in her anxious Breast,
She half-consenting to be bless'd;
When her Will makes a close Attack,
Fear and Suspicion pull it back;
What one likes, th' others disapprove,
So run th' Eternal Round of Love.
When warmly courted on the Grass;
With eager Looks she eyes her Love,
And longs the soft Delight to prove:
Doubts labour in her anxious Breast,
She half-consenting to be bless'd;
When her Will makes a close Attack,
Fear and Suspicion pull it back;
What one likes, th' others disapprove,
So run th' Eternal Round of Love.
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