And many a ruddy cheek confest,

The triumphs of the beating breast,

And many a rustic rover sigh’d

Who ask’d the kiss, and was denied.

First Marg’ry smil’d and gave her Lover

A Kiss; then thank’d her stars, ’twas over!

Next, Kate, with a reluctant pace,

Was tempted to the mystic place;

Then Sue, a merry laughing jade

A dimpled yielding blush betray’d;