Page images
PDF
EPUB
[graphic]
[graphic]

MAIL

Part 2. Canto 1. Line 46.

1. Rof sculp.

HUDI BRAS.

CANTO I.

BUT

Ut now, t' observe romantique method,
Let rusty steel awhile be sheathed;
And all those harsh and rugged sounds
Of baftinadoes, cuts, and wounds,
Exchang'd to love's more gentle style,
To let our reader breathe awhile:

In which, that we may be as brief as
Is poffible, by way of preface.

Is 't not enough to make one strange, That fome men's fancies should ne'er change, But make all people do and say

The fame things still the self-same way?
Some writers make all ladies purloin'd,
And knights pursuing like a whirlwind :
Others make all their knights, in fits
Of jealousy, to lose their wits;

15

Till drawing blood o' th' dames, like witches,
They're forthwith cur'd of their capriches.
Some always thrive in their amours,
By pulling plaifters off their fores;
As cripples do to get an alms,

Just fo do they, and win their dames.
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their fite;

20

« PreviousContinue »