•    IN Celia's arms while bless'd I lay,

    My soul in bliss dissolved away:

    'Tell me,' the charmer cried, 'how well

    'You love your Celia; Strephon, tell.'

    Kissing her glowing, burning cheek,

    'I'll tell,' I cried — but could not speak.

    At length my voice return'd, and she

    ...

  • I HATE the town and all its ways;

    Ridottos, operas, and plays;

    The ball, the ring, the mall, the court;

    Wherever the beau-monde resort;

    Where beauties lie in ambush for folks,

    Earl Straffords, and the Duke of Norfolks;

    All coffee-houses, and their praters;

    All courts of...