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NO easy matter 'tis to hold	A
Against its owner's will the fleece	B
Who troubled by the itching smart	C
Of Cupid's irritating dart	C
Eager awaits some Jason bold	A
To grant release	B
E'en dragon huge or flaming steer	D
When Jason's loved will cause no fear	D
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Duennas grating bolt and lock	E
All obstacles can naught avail	F
Constraint is but a stumbling block	E
For youthful ardour must prevail	F
Girls are precocious nowadays	G
Look at the men with ardent gaze	G
And longings' an infinity	H
Trim misses but just in their teens	I
By day and night devise the means	I
To dull with subtlety to sleep	J
The Argus vainly set to keep	J
In safety their virginity	H
Sighs smiles false tears they'll fain employ	K
An artless lover to decoy	K
I'll say no more but leave to you	L
Friend reader to pronounce if true	L
What I've asserted when you have heard	M
How artful Kitty caged her bird	M
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IN a small town in Italy	H
The name of which I do not know	N
Young Kitty dwelt gay pretty free	H
Varambon's child Boccacio	I
Omits her mother's name which not	O
To you or me imports a jot	O
At fourteen years our Kitty's charms	I
Were all that could be wished plump arms	I
A swelling bosom on her cheeks	I
Roses' and lilies' mingled streaks	I
A sparkling eye all these you know	N
Speak well for what is found below	N
With such advantages as these	I
No virgin sure could fail to please	I
Or lack a lover nor did Kate	P
But little time she had to wait	P
One soon appeared to seal her fate	P
Young Richard saw her loved her wooed her	Q
What swain I ask could have withstood her	Q
Soft words caresses tender glances	I
The battery of love's advances	I
Soon lit up in the maiden's breast	R
The flame which his own heart possessed	R
Soon growing to a burning fire	Q
Of love and mutual desire	Q
Desire for what My reader knows	I
Or if he does not may suppose	I
And not be very wond'rous wise	I
When youthful lovers mingle sighs	I
Believe me friend I am not wrong	S
For one thing only do they long	S
One check deferred our lover's bliss	I
A thing quite natural 'twas this	I
The mother loved so well her child	T
That fearful she might be beguiled	T
She would not let her out of sight	U
A single minute day or night	U
At mother's apron string all day	V
Kate whiled the weary hours away	V
And shared her bed all night Such love	W
In parents we must all approve	X
Though Catherine I must confess	I
In place of so much tenderness	I
More liberty would have preferred	M
To little girls maternal care	Y
In such excess is right and fair	Y
But for a lass of fourteen years	I
For whom one need have no such fears	I
Solicitude is quite absurd	M
And only bores her Kitty could	Z
No moment steal do what she would	Z
To see her Richard Sorely vexed	A2
She was and he still more perplexed	A2
In spite of all he might devise	I
A squeeze a kiss quick talk of eyes	I
Was all he could obtain no more	B2
Bread butterless a sanded floor	B2
It seemed no better Joy like this	I
Could not suffice more sterling bliss	I
Our lovers wished nor would stop short	C2
Till they'd obtained the thing they sought	D2
And thus it came about One day	V
By chance they met alone away	V
From jealous parents What's the use	I
Said Richard of all our affection	E2
Of love it is a rank abuse	I
And yields me nothing but dejection	E2
I see you without seeing you	L
Must always look another way	V
And if we meet I dare not stay	V
Must ev'ry inclination smother	Q
I can't believe your love is true	L
I'll never own you really kind	F2
Unless some certain means you find	F2
For us to meet without your mother	Q
Kate answered Were it not too plain	E2
How warm my love another strain	E2
I would employ In converse vain	E2
Let us not waste our moments few	L
But think what it were best to do	L
If you will please me Robert said	G2
You must contrive to change your bed	G2
And have it placed well let me see	I
Moved to the outer gallery	I
Where you will be alone and free	I
We there can meet and chat at leisure	Q
While others sleep nor need we fear	D
Of merry tales I have a treasure	Q
To tell but cannot tell them here	H2
Kate smiled at this for she knew well	I2
What sort of tales he had to tell	I2
But promised she would do her best	R
And soon accomplish his request	R
It was not easy you'll admit	J2
But love lends foolish maidens wit	J2
And this is how she managed it	J2
The whole night long she kept awake	K2
Snored sighed and kicked as one possessed	R
That parents both could get not rest	R
So much she made the settle shake	K2
This is not strange A longing girl	L2
With thoughts of sweetheart in her head	G2
In bed all night will sleepless twirl	L2
A flea is in her ear 'tis said	G2
The morning broke Of fleas and heat	M2
Kitty complained Let me entreat	M2
O mother I may put my bed	M2
Out in the gallery she said	M2
'Tis cooler there and Philomel	L2
Who warbles in the neigh'bring dell	L2
Will solace me Ready consent	M2
The simple mother gave and went	M2
To seek her spouse Our Kate my dear	D
Will change her bed that she may hear	H2
The nightingale and sleep more cool	L2
Wife said the good man You're a fool	L2
And Kate too with her nightingale	L2
Don't tell me such a foolish tale	L2
She must remain No doubt to night	M2
Will fresher be I sleep all right	M2
In spite of heat and so can she	I
Is she more delicate than me	I
Incensed was Kate by this denial	L2
After so promising a trial	L2
Nor would be beat but firmly swore	B2
To give more trouble than before	B2
That night again no wink she slept	M2
But groaned and fretted sighed and wept	M2
Upon her couch so tossed and turned	M2
The anxious mother quite concerned	M2
Again her husband sought Our Kate	M2
To me seems greatly changed of late	M2
You are unkind she said to him	N2
To thwart her simple girlish whim	N2
Why may she not her bed exchange	O2
In naught will it the house derange	O2
Placed in the passage she's as near	D
To us as were she lying here	H2
You do not love your child and will	L2
With your unkindness make her ill	L2
Pray cease the husband cried to scold	M2
And take your whim I ne'er could hold	M2
My own against a screaming wife	P2
You'll drive me mad upon my life	P2
Her belly full our Kate may get	M2
Of nightingale or of linnet	M2
The thing was settled Kate obeyed	M2
And in a trice her bed was made	M2
And lover signalled Who shall say	V
How long to both appeared that day	V
That tedious day But night arrived	M2
And Richard too he had contrived	M2
By ladder and a servant's aid	M2
To reach the chamber of the maid	M2
To tell how often they embraced	M2
How changed in form their tenderness	I
Would lead to nothing but a waste	M2
Of time my readers will confess	I
The longest most abstruse discourse	I
Would lack precision want the force	I
Their youthful ardour to portray	V
To understand there's but one way	V
Experience The nightingale	L2
Sang all night long his pleasing tale	L2
And though he made but little noise	I
The lass was satisfied Her joys	I
So exquisite that she averred	M2
The other nightingale the bird	M2
Who warbles to the woods his bliss	I
Was but an ass compared with this	I
But nature could not long maintain	E2
Of efforts such as these the strain	E2
Their forces spent the lovers twain	E2
In fond embrace fell fast asleep	J
Just as the dawn began to peep	J
The father as he left his bed	M2
By curiosity was led	M2
To learn if Kitty soundly slept	M2
And softly to the passage crept	M2
I'll see the influence he said	M2
Of nightingale and change of bed	M2
With bated breath upon tip toes	I
Close to the couch he cautious goes	I
Where Kitty lay in calm repose	I
Excessive heat had made all clothes	I
Unbearable The sleeping pair	Y
Had cast them off and lay as bare	Y
As our first happy parents were	Q
In Paradise But in the place	I
Of apple in her willing hand	M2
Kate firmly grasp the magic wand	M2
Which served to found the human race	I
The which to name were a disgrace	I
Though dames the most refined employ it	M2
Desire it and much enjoy it	M2
If good Catullus tells us true	L
The father scarce believed his view	L
But keeping in his bosom pent	M2
His anger to his wife he went	M2
And said Get up and come with me	I
At present I can plainly see	I
Why Kate had	M2