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To all my whole sex obliging & free Yet never be fond of any but me. In public preserve the decorum that's Just, And shew in his Eyes he is true to his trust; Then rarely approach, & respectively bow But not fulsomely pert nor foppishly low. 4 But when the long hours of public are past And we meet with Champaign & a chicken ^[[addition]] at [[/addition]] last May every fond pleasure that moment endear Be banish'd afar, both discretion and fear. Forgetting or scorning the airs of the crowd He may cease to be formal, & I to be proud. Till lost in the Joy, we confess that we live And he may be rude, yet I may forgive. 5 And that my delight may be solidly fix'd Let the freind of the lover be handsomely mix'd In whose tender bosom my soul may confide Whose kindness can sooth me, whose counsel ^[[addition]] can [[/addition]] guide From such a dear lover, as here I describe No danger should fright me, no millions should bribe; But till this astonishing creature I know: As I long have [[underline]] liv'd chaste, [[/underline]] I will keep myself so.
