When Damon woo’d the growing CharmsOf lovely Celi[a] to his Arms,He lived in Dread the While;He trembled at a Rival’s NameAnd felt Distress, if any cameTo catch a transient Smile.The gentle Maid at Length complied;And “why is Damon hurt?” she cry’d,“That I his Rivals see?”“Because I dread,” [said he, “my Dear,]10[Thy Person] should to them appear“As it appears to me.”—They married, and their Love decay’d;For then the Slattern Wife repaidThe Husband’s Scorn and Slight;While he to other Scenes retir’d,And kept her whom he once admir’dFrom every Stranger’s Sight.But “why,” the Wife indignant cry’d,“Am I insulted and denied20Our Friends or Foes to see?”—“Because I feel a prudent fear[Thy] Person should to all appearAs it appears to me.”
When Damon woo’d the growing CharmsOf lovely Celi[a] to his Arms,He lived in Dread the While;He trembled at a Rival’s NameAnd felt Distress, if any cameTo catch a transient Smile.The gentle Maid at Length complied;And “why is Damon hurt?” she cry’d,“That I his Rivals see?”“Because I dread,” [said he, “my Dear,]10[Thy Person] should to them appear“As it appears to me.”—They married, and their Love decay’d;For then the Slattern Wife repaidThe Husband’s Scorn and Slight;While he to other Scenes retir’d,And kept her whom he once admir’dFrom every Stranger’s Sight.But “why,” the Wife indignant cry’d,“Am I insulted and denied20Our Friends or Foes to see?”—“Because I feel a prudent fear[Thy] Person should to all appearAs it appears to me.”
When Damon woo’d the growing CharmsOf lovely Celi[a] to his Arms,He lived in Dread the While;He trembled at a Rival’s NameAnd felt Distress, if any cameTo catch a transient Smile.
When Damon woo’d the growing Charms
Of lovely Celi[a] to his Arms,
He lived in Dread the While;
He trembled at a Rival’s Name
And felt Distress, if any came
To catch a transient Smile.
The gentle Maid at Length complied;And “why is Damon hurt?” she cry’d,“That I his Rivals see?”“Because I dread,” [said he, “my Dear,]10[Thy Person] should to them appear“As it appears to me.”—
The gentle Maid at Length complied;
And “why is Damon hurt?” she cry’d,
“That I his Rivals see?”
“Because I dread,” [said he, “my Dear,]10
[Thy Person] should to them appear
“As it appears to me.”—
They married, and their Love decay’d;For then the Slattern Wife repaidThe Husband’s Scorn and Slight;While he to other Scenes retir’d,And kept her whom he once admir’dFrom every Stranger’s Sight.
They married, and their Love decay’d;
For then the Slattern Wife repaid
The Husband’s Scorn and Slight;
While he to other Scenes retir’d,
And kept her whom he once admir’d
From every Stranger’s Sight.
But “why,” the Wife indignant cry’d,“Am I insulted and denied20Our Friends or Foes to see?”—“Because I feel a prudent fear[Thy] Person should to all appearAs it appears to me.”
But “why,” the Wife indignant cry’d,
“Am I insulted and denied20
Our Friends or Foes to see?”—
“Because I feel a prudent fear
[Thy] Person should to all appear
As it appears to me.”