[Tea-Table Miscellany Contents]
AMongst the willows on the grass,
Where nymphs and shepherds ly,
Young Willy courted bony Bess;
And Nell stood list’ning by;
Says Will, we will not tarry
Two months before we marry.
No, no, fie no, never never tell me so,
For a maid I’ll live and die:
Says Nell so shall not I,
Says Nell, &c.
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Long time betwixt hope and despair,
And kisses mixt between,
He with a song did charm her ear,
Thinking she chang’d had been;
Says Will, I want a blessing,
Substantialer than kissing.
No, no, fie no, never never tell me so,
For I will never change my mind:
Says Nell, she’ll prove more kind,
Says Nell, &c.
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Smarting pain the virgin finds,
Altho’ by nature taught,
When she first to man inclines:
Quoth Nell, I’ll venture that.
Oh! who wou’d lose a treasure,
For such a puney pleasure?
Not I, not I, no, a maid I’ll live and die,
And to my vow be true.
Quoth Nell, the more fool you,
Quoth Nell, &c.
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Το my closer I’ll repair,
And read on Godly books,
Forget vain love and worldly care
Quoth Nell, that likely looks!
You men are all perfidious,
But I will be religious,
Try all, fly all, and while I breath defy all,
Your Sex I now despise.
Says Nell, by Jove, she lies,
Says Nell, &c.
