Cupid's Recruiting Serjeant.
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Ye Nymphs and ye Swains, who are youthful and gay,
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Attend to the Call, and be blest while you may;
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Lads and Lassies hither come to the sound of the Drum,
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I have Treasure in Store which you never have seen;
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Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love,
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Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen.
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Each Nymph of sixteen, who would fain be a Wife,
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Shall soon have a Partner to bless her for Life;
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Then Lasses hither come to the Sound of the Drum,
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I have Sweethearts in Store, such as never were seen;
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Haste, haste, let us rove to Island of Love,
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Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen.
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Woud a Swain but be blest with a Nymph to his Mind
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Let him enter my List, and his wish he shall find;
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I can bless him for Life with a kind loving Wife,
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More beautiful far than was Nymph ever seen,
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Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love,
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Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen-
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In Paphos we know not of Discord or Strife,
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Each Nymph and each Swain may be happy for Life
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In Transport and Joy we each Moment employ,
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And taste such Delights as were never yet seen;
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Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love,
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Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen.
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