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ODE XXX. PRIVATE BOXES.
O Venus, regina Cnidi Paphique.
O Venus, Queen of Drury Lane!
Soft partizan of amorous doxies,
Oer 'tall Soho no longer reign,
But patronize our Private Boxes.
Soft partizan of amorous doxies,
Oer 'tall Soho no longer reign,
But patronize our Private Boxes.
Let Cupid, ardent chaperon,
To Hart Street lead the London graces,
As loose of manners as of zone,
With bosoms bare, and brazen faces.
To Hart Street lead the London graces,
As loose of manners as of zone,
With bosoms bare, and brazen faces.
Bring with thee, dame, a tempting show
Of girls fantastic, gay and jolly;
Age without thee is sapient woe,
And with thee, youth is joyous folly.
Of girls fantastic, gay and jolly;
Age without thee is sapient woe,
And with thee, youth is joyous folly.
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Bring, too, the footpad demigod,
Who once outwitted wise Apollo;
O'er paths by truant Venus trod,
Sly Mercury is sure to follow.
Who once outwitted wise Apollo;
O'er paths by truant Venus trod,
Sly Mercury is sure to follow.
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