The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook - Theodore Edward Hook

And when my time comes, from the world take my flight,

For—my father did so before me.

Throughout my life the girls I've pleased,

So merry, so blithe and gay;

I've coax'd, I've flatter'd, I've sigh'd, and teased,

And stole their young hearts away.

With their lips so red, and their eyes so bright,