T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Jolly Young Swain
Anonymous(A Broadside Song with music, c. 1720) |
A NYMPH of the Plain | |
| By a Jolly Young Swain, | |
| Was addressed to be kind; | |
| But relentless I find | |
| To his Prayers she appeared, | 5 |
| Tho’ himself he endeared | |
| In a manner so soft, | |
| So engaging, so sweet, | |
| As soon might persuade | |
| Her his Passion to meet. | 10 |
| How much he ador’d her, | |
| How oft he implor’d her, | |
| I cannot express; | |
| But he loved to excess, | |
| And he swore he should die, | 15 |
| Unless she would comply In a manner, &c. | |
| While blushes like Roses, | |
| That nature composes, | |
| Vermilioned her Face, | |
| With an Air and a grace, | 20 |
| Which her Lover improved, | |
| When he found he had moved In a manner, &c. | |
| When waked from the Joy, | |
| Which their Souls did employ, | |
| From her Sweet ruby Lips, | 25 |
| Thousand odorous sips; | |
| Then amazed at her Eyes, | |
| Says he faints and he dies In a manner, &c. | |
| But how they should part, | |
| Now became all their smart, | 30 |
| Till he vowed to his fair, | |
| That to ease his own care, | |
| He would meet her again, | |
| And till then be in pain In a manner, &c. | |