FROM A YOUNG MAN NEARLY OUT OF HIS TIME, TO HIS FAVOURITE LADY.
I have only a few months to serve,
When I shall be out of my time;
To keep thee I’ll strain every nerve,
Devoting to thee all my prime.
Then spite of relations and friends,
Consent, my dear girl, to be mine;
I’ll make for their loss great amends,
If you’ll be my fond Valentine.