And hear both the goldfinch and linnet!
On the love of a friend,
You can, goosy, depend,
And”—snapt off her head in a minute.
——:o:——
SONG.
(By a Person of Quality. Written in the year 1733.)
Fluttering spread thy purple pinions,
Gentle Cupid, o’er my heart:
I, a slave in thy dominions;