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AWM.738.033
26 Oct-2 Nov 1738:21, 22 (983)
The following is a description of a lover, being wrote by
one who professes himself to be in love.
A lover is a planet striken wretch: . . . [10 lines] Like
Hamlet in the mad scene, he is ungarter'd, quite negligent,
yet thro' affectation, he takes great pains to shew that he
takes none; he never writes but upon the best paper; he
sighs, and 'tis impossible but he may have so much of the
mother in him to shed tears; . . . [10 lines, segues into
the following:]
ON THE FASHION AMONG THE LADIES WEARING WHITE STOCKINGS.
Woman will ever find some roguish fashion,
To strike and tickle loose imagination;
Hence the white leg most wantonly they show,
To make with luscious thoughts our bosoms glow;
. . . [6 lines]
ON AURELIA.
Fair as the blushing grape Aurelia stands,
And in perfection tempts the gath'rer's hands;
Blossoms and fruit in her together meet,
As ripe as Autumn and as Apr sweet.
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