The Ladies Delight by Anonymous
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That nod their reverend Heads at every Breeze;
Embassadors like _Turks_ hence send Express, And _Ministers of State_ like Devils dress-- Should some wild _Indian_ see the various Scene, He'd swear all Nations of the Earth do here convene, And take for quite reverse this medley Farce, Think Strumpers Saints, or catstick'd Beau a _Mars_. But now the Dancers nimble Feet go round, And with just Measures beat the passive Ground, Each one inclines to different Delights-- Musick the Fair, Sweetmeats the Beau invite; The _Templar_ wisely does his Care enroll, Pockets the Pheasant, and eats up the Fowls Nor will return to join the giddy Rout, 'Till he has eat and drank his _Guinea_ out. Now Dancing fires the Nymph to softer Joys; The Musick's dull, the Wine and Sweetmeat cloys; _Strephon_ streight takes the Hint, withdraws a-while, By soft Endearments does her Grief beguile; Soon they return more vig'rous than before, Do what they will, she cannot be a Whore. For _Mahomet_ may dream of heavenly Stews, Where Virgin Rose, soon as it's lost, renews, And shake with every Breath of Air serene, As trembling for the Rapes they've daily seen; When if those past can shake their Height profound, |
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