Cupid's Master-Piece:
OR,
Long Wisht for Comes at Last: Or,
The happy Meeting of William and Mary.
A pretty Damsel of Sixteen 'tis said,
Was Courted; but of Love she was afrai[']d:
She slights sweet William (so she call'd his Name)
He took her first Repulse; then she with shame,
Laments her scornful Folly: Now she Loves,
And languishes with grief, till Cupid moves
Her William once again for to be kind;
Which soon he did perform: Now both are joyn'd
In Love's strict Mutual Bands, and Marryed,
Let none, though once deny'd, in Love despair.
Tune of, Caelia's my Foe.
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GOd Cupid's unkind
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Since my Soul he confin'd
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For to Love
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one doth prove
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So unconstant in Mind:
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He has wounded my heart
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With an amorous Dart:
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But my Dear
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will not hear,
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Though I tell him my smart.
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Once 'twas he did smile,
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Which my Heart did beguile;
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But then
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all young Men
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I did scorne for a while:
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But my Mind's alter'd now,
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And by Cupid I vow,
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I do wish
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him to Kiss,
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If I could but tell how.
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What a madness it is
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To refuse proffer'd Bliss:
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a grace
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to Embrace,
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When kind Love bids us Kiss,
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My Desires are too late
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And I curse my hard Fate,
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Who first did
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me forbid,
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For to make him my Mate
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SWeet William was he
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Who at first tempted me:
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His Name
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I can't blame,
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Though so cruel he be:
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But now I do fear,
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My Complaints he won't hear,
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Though I'm crying,
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and dying,
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Each Hour i' th' Year.
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But if yet I could guess
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Any Hopes of Redress,
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I would pray
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Night and Day,
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For a better Success.
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If my Love I make known,
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And he should it dis-own,
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Then with Grief
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past Relief,
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I were ever undone.
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So sweet is his Voyce,
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That it makes me rejoyce
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For to hear;
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him I fear,
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Will not make me his Choice.
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He's so proper and tall,
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And so handsom withall,
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That his sight
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does delight,
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And my Senses enthral.
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When my Billy doth sing,
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He doth make the Groves ring;
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invite
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to delight,
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Each sensible thing:
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Though my words are in vain,
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Yet till Death I'le remain
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His own,
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though ne'r known
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To be wed by my Swain.
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Thus with Sighs she did End:
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But kind Love was her Friend.
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Now at last,
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he made hast,
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And his Bow he did bend:
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He peirc'd Williams Brest,
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That he could take no rest;
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And Love
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did him move,
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Which he quickly exprest.
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To the Damsel he goes,
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Who did languish in woes,
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And with Arms
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full of Charms
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He Embraces his Spouse.
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He bid her take Heart:
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For God Cupid by Art,
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Did enjoyne me,
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and confine me,
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Never from you to part.
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This made her Heart glad,
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Which before was so sad:
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They were Marry'd,
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and ne'r tarry'd,
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Such Desires they had.
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Let none then despair,
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Though tormented they are:
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For be sure,
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Love that's pure,
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Love's Pleasures shall share.
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