I Love, Drink, and Debt. I. Have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, Thefe many and many a year; And thefe are plagues enough I thou'd think 'Twas love made me fall into drink, II. There's nothing but money can cure me, 'Twill pay all my debts, And remove all lets; my And my mistress, that cannot endure me, Then, then I shall fall to my loving and drinking again. The Farmer's Son.. I. Weet Nelly, my heart's delight, The proffer I make, for modefty's fake,, No; I am a lady gay, H.. "Tis very well known I may Have men of renown in country and town, Sir Roger without delay. Court Bridget, or Sue, Kate, Nanny, or Prue, But But don't ye dare to speak me fair, III. My father has riches in store, Befides fheep and cows, carts, harrows, and plows, Both land and kine, and all fhall be thine, IV. A fig for your cattle and corn, V. Be not in fuch haste, quoth the, VI. Dear Nelly, believe me now, I folemnly fwear and vow, No lords in their lives take pleasure in their wives Like fellows that drive the plow. For For whatever they gain with labour and pain, WH The Angel Woman. F. 7 Hen thy beauty appears All bright as an angel· And am aw'd by my fears! So ftrangely you dazzle mine eye! But when without art Your thoughts you impart, When your II. love runs in blushes Through every vein, When it darts from your eyes, When it pants from your heart, Then I know you are a woman again. |