. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. To the cha:rge I replyThat we all of us know what a Muse is; It is something too awful,^too acid,—too dry,—For sunny-eyed Molly Trefusis. But a Grace. There I grant he was probably right j (The rest but a verse-making ruse is)It was all that was graceful,—intangible,—light. The beauty of Molly Trefusis ! 74 Molly Trefusis. Was she wooed ? Who can hesitate much about that Assuredly more than obtuse is;For how could the poet have written so pat My dear little Molly Trefusis ! And was wed ? That I think we must plainly infer, S
. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. To the cha:rge I replyThat we all of us know what a Muse is; It is something too awful,^too acid,—too dry,—For sunny-eyed Molly Trefusis. But a Grace. There I grant he was probably right j (The rest but a verse-making ruse is)It was all that was graceful,—intangible,—light. The beauty of Molly Trefusis ! 74 Molly Trefusis. Was she wooed ? Who can hesitate much about that Assuredly more than obtuse is;For how could the poet have written so pat My dear little Molly Trefusis ! And was wed ? That I think we must plainly infer, Since of suitors the common excuse isTo take to them Wives. So it happened to her, Of course,—little Molly Trefusis 1 To the Bard ? Tis unlikely. Apollo, you see, In practical mattery a goose is;—Twas a knight of the shire, and a hunting , Who carried off Molly Trefusis ! And you 11 find, I conclude, in the Gentleman!s Mag.^At the end, where the pick of the news is, On the (blank), at the Bath, to Sir Hilary Bragg,With a Fortune, Miss Molly JoKur K ^ni^/tf^y-iQ oT/d, Molly Trefusis. 75 Thereupon . But no farther the student may pry: Loves temple is dark as Eleusis;So here, at the threshold, we part, you and I, From dear little Molly Trefusis.
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