Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem . a hare, And shrove in dissipation to forget,That there was ought dishonest or unfair In cheating those who let him get in debt;Though swindling, some might call it in a passion,Twas consecrated—dignified by fashion. 18 TAKINGS. XLV. And now he sought the lodgings of a dame,Whose taper leg, a week or two before He happened to take notice of. Her aimCould not be to exhibit at the door, But yet this happend. He was close behind, And she, though coy at first, was not unkind. XLVI. And she was handsome.—Mind, I do not sayThat rouge neer came in contac
Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem . a hare, And shrove in dissipation to forget,That there was ought dishonest or unfair In cheating those who let him get in debt;Though swindling, some might call it in a passion,Twas consecrated—dignified by fashion. 18 TAKINGS. XLV. And now he sought the lodgings of a dame,Whose taper leg, a week or two before He happened to take notice of. Her aimCould not be to exhibit at the door, But yet this happend. He was close behind, And she, though coy at first, was not unkind. XLVI. And she was handsome.—Mind, I do not sayThat rouge neer came in contact with her face, But if it did, when going to the play,Or to a party, tis a common case; Because the lights there give the face such tone, That natural colour will not do alone! XLVTI. But Delia, that was the romantic name She claimd, was comely, elegant and young, Her sprightly manners waked in Tom a flame,And Rapture listened when the siren sung, And had excessive cash inflicted pain, Where Delia loved, it could not long remain. *\)VAA1. mm%ham *»£*b .yfaatn *** &mgfaj}& PM Mw RUpno 1? pPpflH MHK1 W* ** J OTKAO .nr/jx ,og OJ h&iW >ii aria jmqo srii oi JflOtbfraasg aria hVw {197 OBihsil isdiioVLtwon>f noy rr£);?i9bfl« m& wol tadw oaijnq ^boibnurf toI e9S(nxs jftj; ton notonom I „9Boobni t&9fniJ9moS nodi bnA .ifi9& ?Ji! £Ji ! *id ^nutaT brtnoi 9iJ*ninj$1 srfi gnijiaioq iri§in snOf^d.^nhd JtibCl ^frrenraannifi dou*K>10I ad nsdw tgfHi0bfmw aew isd mo-ft axfig biH.$\0 ladJonB raid no yjlulifiqi a99« bfid od tad* s^o n* •»nobfi oliovof 6 ?jh boaimoiq bnA GANTO I. 19 XLVIII. Oft to the opera she desired to go,Not that Italian very well she seamed, But that s of little consequence, you know,For hundreds praise what few can understand. I mention not
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