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There was a Young Person of Crete,
Whose toilette was far from complete; ...

Poet:



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There was a Young Person of Smyrna,

Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the cat,
...

Poet:

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To Chloes breast young Cupid slily stole

But he crept in at Myras pocket hole

Poet:

   DEAR little, pretty, fav'rite ore,

That once increas'd Gloriana's store;

That lay within her bosom bless'd,

Gods might have envied thee thy nest.

I've read, imperial Jove of old

For love...

Poet: