John Durant Breval

“ And with thy gentle Aid a Nymph befriend.
If e'er true Lovers thy Protection claim,
Let not one Slip for ever blast her Fame;
How dear alas! are Worldly Pleasures bought,
If such a Price must pay so sweet a Fault?
How can weak Woman's strength sufficient prove
To stem the Torrent of Ungovern'd Love?
Since Gods themselves his Pow'r Superior own,
And for a Mortal's Bed, resign their Heav'nly Throne!
Say then. Oh Queen! for thou alone canst tell
What Lucky Thought may Chloe's Shame conceal.
In happy Time some new Device erect,
And yielding Maids from Scandal's Breath protect. ”

“ Could the long Order of the sleeping Fair,
Freed from Death's Chain, once more breath Vital Air,
With Envy would they blush, with Rage to See,
Their Fashions foils to Thine; themselves to Thee.
Our next unhappy Stuarts pav'd the Way,
For Caledonian Dames to come in play;
Beauties that shifted hardly once a Week,
For Cleanliness, alas! to them was Greek!
Now follow'd Canting Puritans in Shoals,
Who spoil'd our Bodies, as they damn'd our Souls ”

“ Men are of late so proud and saucy grown,
They dare for ev'ry Nymph a Passion own,
And from a Civil Answer, brag of Favours shown.
Should now, by Chance, (for Flesh we know is frail,)
Some fav'rite Fop above the rest prevail;
Admit the very worst that Men can boast,
We need but keep our Counsel at the most,
This New Machine a sure Defence shall prove,
And guard the Sex against the Harms of Love. ”

“ Each well-turn'd Leg attracts the Lover's Eyes,
And the Nymph seems more beauteous as she flies:
But now, with short fetch'd steps she moves more slow,
Her panting Sides her slacken'd Paces show;
Back on the Swain she looks—She trips; She falls ”

“ If you are wise, you'll not Brown Sugar slight,
The Browner (if I form my Judgment right)
A deep Vermillion Tincture will dispence,
And make your Piffin redder than the Quince.
When this is done, there will be wanting still,
The just Reserve of Cloves and Candy'd Peel;
Nor can I blame you, if a Drop you take
Of Orange-Water, for Perfuming-sake.
But here the Nicety of Art is such,
There must not be too little, nor too much
If with Discretion you these Costs employ,
They quicken Appetite; if not, they cloy. ”

“ It wants, at least, a Quarter now of Five!
Impatient Chloe quits her needful Rest,
Of ev'ry Earthly Good she thinks possest:
(Oh Sex for ever blind to future Fate,
Whom trivial Griefs depress, and trivial Joys elate!) ”

“ Red yields to Fair, and Black excells the Brown;
Some ask a plenteous Store of scented Grains;
Some, none at all; and please with little Pains:
Those, wanting Order, scarce endure the Test,
And These, in careless Favorites are best. ”

“ OU, for whose Perusal the following POEM was chiefly intended, have the justest Claim to its Patronage; and next to those who have Painted your Natural Beauties, he that treats of your Acquired Charms has doubtless a Right to your Favour; Female DRESS, though touch'd upon lightly in Many excellent Pieces, has not, that I know of, ever been wholly the Subject of One ”

“ Oh Nymphs, for shame, such trifling Arts decline!
Each Fop will find the Cause of this Design,
And, fraught with Impudence, the Guard bear down,
Then with Disdain refuse the Conquer'd Town.
Trust your own Charms, let Nature give Surprize ”

“ When Time has Ripen'd all Their growing Charms,
And Form'd each Princess for a Monarch's Arms;
Their People's Hearts, as Thou dost Thine possess,
And Learn from Thee to Govern, and to Dress.
FINIS.
↑ The first Saxon King of Kent. ↑ His Neice. See, Milton's History of England. ↑ The King of Britain. ↑ The Welch Mountains. ↑ First, sole Monarch of England. ↑ The first Danish King of England, who married Emma, Widow of King Ethelred. ↑ King Henry II. ↑ Infanta of Spain, Wife, first to Prince Arthur; and then to his Brother, Henry VIII. ↑ Hatfield. ”

“ And, though a Goddess, err'd, If Love's a Fault?
Adonis now does all Her Thoughts employ,
And Heav'n without Adonis yields no Joy.
Thyrsis dejected to his Bow'r returns,
His Pray'r unheard, with pensive Chloe mourns.
The Nymph enrag'd to think the Suit denied,
Resolv'd to use all means, that could be tried;
With Female, (not Inferior,) Pow'r to show
What, at a Pinch, a Woman's Wit can do. ”

“ O be not, be not tempted, Lovely Nell,
While the hot-piping Odours strongly smell,
While the delicious Fume creates a Gust,
To lick th' o'erflowing Juice, or bite the Crust.
You'll rather stay (if my Advice may Rule)
Until the Hot's corrected by the Cool;
'Till you've infus'd the luscious Store of Cream,
And chang'd the Purple, for a Silver Stream ”

“ What I have done is submitted to the Publick, from whose Opinions I am prepared to learn; tho' I fear no Judges so little as our best Poets, who are most sensible of the Weight of this Task. As for the Worst, whatever they shall please to say, they may give me some Concern as they are unhappy Men, but none, as they are malignant Writers. ”

“ Be that as it will, all he Aims at is, bringing you over betimes to his Interest, since the Cavalier Criticks will always go in with your Censure, or Praise, and those who are not so, will neither be courted, nor fear'd by
Your constant Admirer ”

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XVI. Beauty and Virtue: A Poem on the Death of the Countess of Sunderland. By Mr. Chute. Price 6 d.
XVII. Mr. Pomfret's Poems; viz. The Choice. Love Triumphant over Reason. ”