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144 A Ct>L LECTIO^
With freedom and pleafure our money we'll fpend* :
Whene'er we enjoy our bottle and' our friend.
Whilft Lewis and George about nations are wrangling*
And covetous merchants for traffic are jangling :
To thofe fplendid troubles our mind we ne'er will be.nd*
But to the dear delights of a bottle and a friend.
Whilft lawyers and courtiers are a-breeding of factions*
And mighty commanders engag'd in fmall anions ;
In a litde clofe room fecu'rely we're penn'd,
Applying our thoughts to a bottle and a friend.
AS Chloe came into the room t' other day,
I peevifh began, Where {o long could you flay t
In your lifetime you never regarded your hour ;
You promis'd at two, and look, child, 'tis four ;
A lady's Watch needs neither figures nor wheels,
? Tis enough if 'tis loaded with baubles and feals ?
A temper lb heedlefs no mortal can bear :
Thus far I went on with a refolute air.
Lord, blefs me ! faid Hie, let a body but fpeak ;
Here's an ugly hard rofe-bud fallen into my neck ; , ,
It has hurt me, and vex'd me to fuch a degree ;
See here, for you never believe me, pray fee :
On the ]fffj iide my bread: what a mark it has made \
"So flying, her bofom fhe carelefs difplay'd ;
That fcene of delight I with wonder furvey'd,
And forgot every word I defign'd to have faid.-"