. Gallery of comicalities : . O fly with me, my lady tair—I love and I adore you ;Henceforth the heart and fortune shareOf him wlio kneels before you. Then listen to thy lovers vows,Nor of vain scruples tell us ;Why care a pin about your spouse—Confound him !—is he jealous? Go, get you gone, you naughty man,Nor dare attempt my virtue ;I hide my blushes with my fan, Yet Ive no wish to hurt 30U. Then, gay Lothario ! persevere-Still urge thy passion brisker ; Nor dread an interloper here, Thou man of bushy whisker ! If, armed with poker and with pop, Poor Spouse should be so rude now As at this m
. Gallery of comicalities : . O fly with me, my lady tair—I love and I adore you ;Henceforth the heart and fortune shareOf him wlio kneels before you. Then listen to thy lovers vows,Nor of vain scruples tell us ;Why care a pin about your spouse—Confound him !—is he jealous? Go, get you gone, you naughty man,Nor dare attempt my virtue ;I hide my blushes with my fan, Yet Ive no wish to hurt 30U. Then, gay Lothario ! persevere-Still urge thy passion brisker ; Nor dread an interloper here, Thou man of bushy whisker ! If, armed with poker and with pop, Poor Spouse should be so rude now As at this moment in to drop, Faith ! wouldnt he intrude now ? O, married dames ! when lovers sighs Steal softly on your the temptation, if youre wise— The Devils always near. GALLERY OF IV. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DRAMA. <£3yku£ ^Vhat fearful vision strikes thy sight,What phantom haunts thy brain,That thus thou startest with affright,Thou sooty visaged Thane ? No dagger stained with blood I view,To fill my soul with dread;But SPIRITS pale of ruin blueOf Deady—not the dead — To clutch thee how this breast doth throb,Thou source of purest pleasure,Fain would I wash my sooty gobFrom yon Imperial measure ! Soon may the cordial max be mine,My sinking heart to cheer;So my grim soul no more shall pineOn Intermediate Beer. • And when the fluid warms my flue,Rousd by the generous stuff, Im if Im the Faker who Shall first cry, Hold—enougli! GALLERY OF COMICALITIES.—No. V. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DRAMA the school for scandal. ^uT^avj^ fihuMM) tUu^l^ Kjtre (koj k Styzw h^^i^
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