Courtship & marriage

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    Marian's my Lily. and

        Flora's my

      ROSE,

Pitts Printer Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6,
        Great st. Andrew street 7 dials

WHEN firſt I ſaw Flora ſo ſpright
ly and blooming (art
She enamoured my fancy devoid or all
Then Marian the gentle ſort weet un
aſſuming.                (heart
Appeared and with Flora divided my
My poſy of love two ſweet flowers com
poſe,                    (roſe.
For Marian's my lilly and Flora's my

How happy with Mariah could I be
united,          (I content,
Yet to part with ſweet Flora ah could
And it with her hand my love ; Flora
required, (baniſh content
The thoughts of dear Marian might
My poly of love only wounds my re-
poſe,                       (roſe.
I pine for the lilly and droop for the

So my mind to declare ſtill embarras-
sed I tarry,             (both,
How can I ask one while enamour'dof
Then weave me a cypreſs for ne'er can
I marry,
For the [tongue that would faulter
muſt e'er take the oath,
My poſy of love can but anguiſh dis-
cloſe,                       (roſe,
Adieu to the lilly, farewell to the