This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1799 Excerpt: ...sincere, And candid from the heart? Great is your pow'r; but, greater yet. Mankind it might engage: If, as ye all make a net, L - Ye all could make a cage. Each nymph a thousand hearts may tke; For who's to beauty blind? But to what end a prisoner make, Unless you've strength to bind? Attend the council often told, Too ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1799 Excerpt: ...sincere, And candid from the heart? Great is your pow'r; but, greater yet. Mankind it might engage: If, as ye all make a net, L - Ye all could make a cage. Each nymph a thousand hearts may tke; For who's to beauty blind? But to what end a prisoner make, Unless you've strength to bind? Attend the council often told, Too often told in vain, Learn that best art, the art to hold, And lock the lover's chain. Gamesters to little purpose win, Who lose again as fast: Though beauty may the charm begin 'Tis sweetness makes it last. SONG LXXXIV. OWs the time for mirth and glee, Sing, and love, and laugh with me: Cupid is my theme of story; 'Tis his godship's fame and glory; How all yield unto his law! Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha J O'er the grave, and o'er the gay, Cupid takes his share of play: He makes heroes quit their glory; He's the god most fam'd in story j Bending them unto his law! Ha! ha! &c. Sly the urchin deals his darts, Without pity--piercing hearts: Cupid triumphs over paflions, Not regarding modes or fashions. Firmly fix'd is Cupid's law! Ha! ha! fcfc, Some think these lines not true; But they're facts--'twixt me and yon: Then, ye maids and men, be wary How you meet before you marry. Cupid's will is solely law. Ha! ha! fc. SONG LXXXV. O care beyond the morrow! In heat or cold, in wet or dry, I never grumbled, no, not I, My wise, 'tis true, loves words a few, My ivifi, &c. What then? I let her prate; What then? &c. For sometimes smooth, and sometimes rough, I found Ynyself still rich enough, In the joys of an humble state. For sometimes Jinooth, life. But when with law I craz'd Tny head, I lost both peace and pleasure--. Long says to hear, To search and swear, And plague beyond all measure. One grievance brought another on, My debts increa...
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Add this copy of The Columbian Songster: Being a Large Collection of to cart. $59.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
