CUPID AND MERCURY, OR THE BARGAIN.
Sly Cupid late with Maia's son
Agreed to live as friend and brother;
In proof, his bow and shafts the one
Chang'd for the well-fill'd purse of t'other.
And now, the transfer duly made,
Together through the world they rove;
The thieving god in arms array'd,
And gold the panoply of love!
FRITZ.
Quoth gallant Fritz, "I ran away
To fight again another day."
The meaning of his speech is plain,
He only fled to fly again.
ON DORILIS.
That Dorilis thus, on her lap as he lies,
Should kiss little Pompey, excites no surprise;
But the lapdog whom thus she keeps fondling and praising,
Licks her face in return—that I own is amazing!
TO A SLOW WALKER AND QUICK EATER.
So slowly you walk, and so quickly you eat,
You should march with your mouth, and devour with your feet.
ON TWO BEAUTIFUL ONE-EYED SISTERS
Give up one eye, and make your sister's two,
Venus she then would be, and Cupid you.