INGREDIENTS OF MODERN LOVE.

Twenty glances, twenty tears,

Twenty hopes, and twenty fears,

Twenty times assail your door,

And if denied, come twenty more,

Twenty letters perfumed sweet,

Twenty nods in every street,

Twenty oaths, and twenty lies,

Twenty smiles, and twenty sighs,

Twenty times in jealous rage,

Twenty beauties to engage,

Twenty tales to whisper low,

Twenty billet-doux to show,

Twenty times a day to pass,

Before a flattering looking-glass,

Twenty times to stop your coach,

With twenty words of fond reproach,

Twenty days of keen vexation,

Twenty opera assignations,

Twenty nights behind the scenes,

To dangle after mimic queens,

Twenty such lovers may be found,

Sighing for twenty thousand pounds,

But take my word, ye girls of sense,

You'll find them not worth twenty-pence.