Note:

[17:]_Table Talk_, 1856, p. 248.




THE PASSIONATE PRINTER TO HIS LOVE


(_Whose name is Amanda._)

With Apologies to the Shade of Christopher Marlowe.


Come live with me and be my Dear;
And till that happy bond shall lapse,
I'll set your Poutings in _Brevier_,[l8]
Your Praises in the largest CAPS.

There's _Diamond_--'tis for your Eyes;
There's _Ruby_--that will match your Lips;
_Pearl_, for your Teeth; and _Minion_-size.
To suit your dainty Finger-tips.

In _Nonpareil_ I'll put your Face;
In _Rubric_ shall your Blushes rise;
There is no _Bourgeois_ in _your_ Case;
Your _Form_ can never need "_Revise_."