Margarita first possest,
If I remember well, my breast;
Margarita, first of all!
But when a while the wanton maid,
With my restless heart had played,
Martha took the flying ball.
II.
Martha soon did it resign
To the beauteous Catharine:
Beauteous Catharine gave place
(Though loath and angry she, to part
With the possession of my heart)
To Eliza's conquering face.
III.
Eliza, till this hour might reign,
Had she not evil counsels ta'en.
Fundamental laws she broke,
And still new favourites she chose!
Till up in arms my Passions rose,
And cast away her yoke.
IV.
Mary then, and gentle Anne
Both to reign at once began:
Alternately they swayed,
And sometimes Mary was the Fair,
And sometimes Anne the Crown did wear,
And sometimes both I obeyed.
V.