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CUPID's DECISION.
The Bench my Lord Chief
Cupid grac'd,
A full-coif'd learned Judge, I wiss;
Poor Strephon at the Bar was plac'd,
For robbing Celia of a Kiss.
A full-coif'd learned Judge, I wiss;
Poor Strephon at the Bar was plac'd,
For robbing Celia of a Kiss.
The Charge well prov'd, the Culprit cast,
With Willes's Air and Murray's Tongue
My Lord this dreadful Sentence past,
Around while mute Attention hung.
With Willes's Air and Murray's Tongue
My Lord this dreadful Sentence past,
Around while mute Attention hung.
“The Court decrees for Crimes like this,
“Since Lawful Kissing won't content ye,
“The Culprit for each ravish'd Kiss,
“Shou'd Retribution make of Twenty.”—
“Since Lawful Kissing won't content ye,
“The Culprit for each ravish'd Kiss,
“Shou'd Retribution make of Twenty.”—
Strephon to meet his Sentence flew,
When, kneeling, thus the blushing Maid;
“My Lord, I beg, if such my Due,
“The Debt in Private may be paid.”
When, kneeling, thus the blushing Maid;
“My Lord, I beg, if such my Due,
“The Debt in Private may be paid.”
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