O'th' fudden up they rife and dance;
Then fit again, and figh and glance:
Then dance again and kifs.
Thus fev'ral Ways the time did pass,
Whilft ev'ry Woman wifh'd her Place,
And ev'ry Man wifh'd his.
By this time all were ftoln afide
To counsel and undre's the Bride;
But that he must not know:
But yet 'twas thought he guest her Mind,
And did not mean to ftay behind
Above an Hour or fo.
When in he came (Dick) there the lay.
Like new-faln Snow melting away,
'Twas time, I trow, to part.
Kiffes were now the only stay,
Which foon she gave, as who wou'd fay,
Good bw'y, with all my Heart.
But just as Heav'n's wou'd have to cross it,
In came the Bride-Maids with the Poffet:
The Bridegroom eat in fpight;
For had he left the Women to't
It wou'd have coft two Hours to do't,
Which were too much that Night.
At length the Candles out; and now,
All that they had not done, they do:
What that is, who can tell?
But I believe it was no more
Than thou and I have done before
With Bridget, and with Nell.
Y dearest Rival, left our Love
Should with excentrique Motion move,
Before it learn to go aftray,
We'll teach and fet it in a Way;
And fuch Directions give unto't,
That it fhall never wander Foot.
Know first then, we will serve as true
For one poor Smile, as we wou'd do
If we had what our higher Fame,
Or our vainer With cou'd frame.
Impoffible shall be our Hope;
And Love fhall only have his Scope
To join with Fancy now and then,
And think what Reason wou'd condemn:
And on these Grounds we'll love as true,
As if they were moft fure t'enfue:
And chaftly for these things we'll stay,
As if to Morrow were the Day.
Mean time we two will teach our Hearts
In Love's Burdens to bear their Parts:
Thou firft fhalt figh, and fay fhe's fair;
And I'll ftill answer, paft compare.
Thou shalt set out each part o'th' Face,
While I extol each little Grace;
Thou shalt be ravish'd at her Wit;
And I, that she fo governs it.
Thou shalt like well that Hand, that Eye,
That Lip, that Look, that Majefty;
And in good Language them adore:
While I want Words, and do it more.
Yea, we will fit and figh a while,
And with foft Thoughts fome time beguile,
But ftraight again break out, and praise
All we had done before, new ways.
Thus will we do, 'till paler Death
Come with a Warrant for our Breath;
And then whofe Fate fhall be to die
Firft of us two, by Legacy
Shall all his Store bequeath, and give
His Love to him that fhall furvive:
For no one Stock can ever serve
To love fo much as fhe'll deferve..
Oneft Lover whosoever,
H If in all thy Love there ever
Was one wav'ring Thought, if thy Flame
Were not ftill even, ftill the fame:
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amifs,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew.
If, when the appears i'th' Room,
Thou doft not quake, and art struck dumb;
And in ftriving this to cover
Doft not fpeak thy Words twice over,
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amifs,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew.
If fondly thou doft not mistake,
And all Defects for Graces take,
Perfwad'ft thy felf that Jefts are broken,
When she has little or nothing spoken:
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amiss,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew,
If when thou appear'ft to be within,
Thou let'ft not Men ask and ask agen;
And when thou answer'ft, if it be
To what was ask'd thee properly,
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amifs,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew.
If when thy Stomach calls to eat,
Thou cut'ft not Fingers 'ftead of Meat;
And with much gazing on her Face
Doft not rise hungry from the Place,
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amifs,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew.
If by this thou doft difcover
That thou art no perfect Lover,
And defiring to love true,
Thou doft begin to love anew:
Know this,
Thou lov'ft amifs,
And to love true,
Thou must begin again, and love anew.
Upon two SISTERS..
Eliev't, young Man, I can as eas'ly tell
How many Yards and Inches 'tis to Hell;
Unriddle all Predeftination,
Or the nice Points we now difpute upon.
Had the three Goddeffes been just as fair,
It had not been so easily decided,
And fure the Apple must have been divided:
It must, it must; He's impudent, dares fay
Which is the handfomer 'till one's away.
And it was neceffary it fhou'd be fo;
Wife Nature did foresee it, and did know
When she had fram'd the Eldeft, that each Heart
Muft at the first Sight feel the blind God's Dart:
And fure as can be, had the made but one,
No Plague had been more fure Deftruction;
For we had lik'd, lov'd, burnt to Ashes too,
In half the time that we are chufing now:
Variety, and equal Objects make
The bufie Eye ftill doubtful which to take;
This Lip, this Hand, this Foot, this Eye, this Face,
The others Body, Gefture, or her Grace:
And whilst we thus difpute which of the two,
We unrefolv'd go out, and nothing do.
He fure is happy'ft that has Hopes of either,
Next him is he that fees them both together.
NOW we have taught our Love to know
That it must creep where't cannot go,
And be for once content to livé,
Since here it cannot have to thrive;
It will not be amifs t'enquire
What Fuel fhou'd maintain the Fire:
For Fires do either flame too high,
Or where they cannot flame, they die.
First then (my half but better Heart)
Know this must wholly be her part;
(For thou and I, like Clocks, are wound
Up to the height, and muft move round)
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