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Written jointly with a particular Friend after a conversation	A
similar to the subject with the Damon of the Story	B
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Believing love was all a bubble	C
And wooing but a needless trouble	C
Damon grew fond of posied rings	D
And many such romantic things	D
But whether it were Fortune's spite	E
That study wound his brain too tight	E
Or that his fancy play'd him tricks	F
He could not on the lady fix	F
He look'd around	G
And often found	G
A damsel passing fair	H
She's good enough he then would cry	I
And rub his hands and wink his eye	I
I'll be enamour'd there	H
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He thus resolved but had not power	J
To hold the humour half an hour	J
And critics vers'd in Cupid's laws	K
Pretended they had found a clause	K
In an old volume on the shelf	L
Which said if arrows chanc'd to fly	I
When no bright nymph was passing by	I
And lighted on a vacant breast	M
The swain Narcissus like possest	M
Strait doated on himself	L
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If so his anxious friends declar'd	M
All future trouble might be spar'd	M
A heart thus pierc'd would never rove	N
Nor meanly seek a second love	O
No distance e'er could give him pain	P
No rivalry torment his brain	P
Self love will bear a many knocks	Q
A thousand mortifying shocks	Q
One moment languish in despair	H
The next alert and debonair	H
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Poor Damon bit his nails and sigh'd	M
But still he was not satisfied	M
He could not rest nor be content	M
Until to Cupid's court he went	M
Of rules establish'd in the place	R
Or how to enter with a grace	R
He own'd he neither knew nor car'd	M
But thought such nonsense better spar'd	M
And went undaunted and alone	S
To place himself before the throne	S
He kiss'd no hand he bent no knee	B
Nor measur'd steps of one two three	B
But made a careless slouching bow	T
And said Your highness will allow	T
That I am personable tall	U
A rather handsome face withal	U
And fit to serve as volunteer	V
At least as any present here	W
Purblind and deaf and long and short	M
Without distinction here resort	M
Whilst I neglected and forgot	M
Sate daily watching in my cot	M
And scarcely stirr'd for fear there might	M
Arrive that morning or that night	M
A captaincy or some commission	A
For I confess I have ambition	A
And think if none had done me wrong	X
I had not been o'erlook'd so long	X
To come then Sir I thought my duty	B
Oh make me sensible to beauty	B
The ice about my bosom melt	M
Infuse a warmth it never felt	M
I come uncall'd excuse my boldness	Y
In truth I could not bear the coldness	Y
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Half piqued to see him thus intrude	M
And question in a way so rude	M
Half tickled at the strange address	Z
Cupid said gravely We confess	Z
There may be reason in your plea	B
But still we very much admire	A2
Your entering in such strange attire	J
We cannot such omissions see	B
And countenance It should appear	V
You know not we are sovereign here	W
The soldiers of our chosen band	M
Approach not till we give command	M
We every look and action sway	B2
And they with prompt delight obey	B2
For height and size and such like things	D
We care far less than other kings	D
But station learning no pretence	D
Can make us with our power dispense	D
The warrior must not here look big	C2
The lawyer doffs his forked wig	C2
The portly merchant rich and free	B
Forgets his pride and bends the knee	B
The doctor gives his terrors scope	D2
And like a patient whines for hope	D2
In short the wise have childish fits	D
And fools and madmen find their wits	D
Then go this silly pride subdue	M
And thou shall be our servant too	M
Acquire the courtly way of speech	E2
Not 'do you hear ' but 'I beseech '	-
And let a suitor's voice and air	H
Thy grievances and zeal declare	H
We never scorn a humble prayer	H
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Expecting then a heart submiss	D
He held him forth his hand to kiss	D
For petrified the while he spoke	F2
With troubled wonder in his look	G2
Poor Damon stood aghast suspended	M
But gain'd his senses as he ended	M
Abruptly turning on his toe	M
I thank you Master Cupid no	M
I am a freeman and a brave	H2
And will not stoop to be a slave	H2
Your rules will never do for me	B
I'd rather learn the rule of three	B
And since I find it is the plan	I2
To make me an automaton	J2
I'll case my heart in triple mail	U
And fence it so completely round	M
That all this vaunted skill shall fail	U
Those blunted arrows back rebound	M
For know usurper from this hour	J
I scorn thy laws abjure thy power	J
From this dear moment I despise	D
The whole artillery of eyes	D
Reason alone shall be my guide	M
And Reason's voice shall win my bride	M
Some bonny lass shall say I can	I2
Love you as well as any man	I2
I will the self same troth accord	M
Most gladly take her at her word	M
And we may just as happy prove	K2
Without the fooleries of love	O
She must not ask so much attention	A
As many ladies I could mention	A
But when I do not want to sway	B2
I'll always let her have her way	B2
And study to oblige her too	M
When I have nothing else to do	M
And am not tired or wish to rest	M
Or like some other plan the best	M
For more than this would be a task	L2
None but thy votaries would ask	L2
She must have riches beauty grace	D
And modest sweetness in her face	D
Just then he saw a scornful sneer	V
Upon Dan Cupid's face appear	V
While courtiers whispered with a grin	M2
Poor fellow he'll be taken in	M2
The finest birds are always shy	I
The rarest at a distance fly	I
And Reason cannot soar so high	I
Aye you may laugh to prove her mind	M
At once exalted and refined	M
I'll watch her skill in music's art	M
By ear and fingers judge the heart	M
And then it will not be believ'd	M
I can be easily deceiv'd	M
I only grieve that in my prime	N2
I've wasted so much precious time	N2
For long ere this I might have married	M
Had I not so unwisely tarried	M
And vex'd my brains in looking round	M
For that which never could be found	M
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And would'st thou wish the monarch cried	M
To set our gentle laws aside	M
Thou hast no friend in Common Sense	D
In such affairs she thinks it wisest	M
To stand aside without pretence	D
And sanction laws which thou despisest	M
But try the plan it merits praise	D
Success may crown its winning ways	D
The lady must be blind indeed	M
With whom such offers of neglect	M
And cool habitual disrespect	M
Would not succeed	M
But come no longer here to flout us	D
Since truly thou canst do without us	D
For dignity is lost in sport	M
An outlaw for contempt of court	M
We banish thee with all thy pride	M
Until thy heart be rarified	M

Matilda Betham

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