10. 'T is the curse of kings, To be surrounded by a venal herd BROOK'S Earl of Warwick. 11. Curse on the coward or perfidious tongue That dares not, even to kings, avow the truth. 12. To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, 13. A lazy, proud, unprofitable crew, THOMSON. DR. JOHNSON. The vermin gender'd from the rank corruption 14. A mere court butterfly, CUMBERLAND. That flutters in the pageant of a monarch. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 15. And none did love him-though to hall and bower He gather'd followers from far and near; The heartless parasites of present cheer. BYRON'S Childe Harold. COURTSHIP. 1. Bring, therefore, all the forces that you may, Plaints, prayers, vows, ruth, and sorrow, and dismay,- SPENSER'S Sonnets. 2. So well he woo'd her, and so well he wrought her, 3. To lend an ear, and softly to relent. I do not love SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. Much ceremony; suits in love should not, 4. There is, sir, a critical minute in Every man's wooing, when his mistress may 5. She is beautiful, therefore to be woo'd; SHIRLEY. MARMYAN. SHAKSPEARE. 6. Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; SHAKSPEARE. 7. Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain, And say, she uttereth piercing eloquence. 8. But tho' I lov'd you well, I woo'd you not; SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 9.. In those ears of mine, 10. I am not form'd, by flattery and praise, BEAUMONT. By sighs and tears, and all the whining trade To charm at once, and spoil her. THOMSON. 11. He that would win his dame, must do BUTLER'S Hudibras. 12. For, you must know, a widow's won BUTLER'S Hudibras. 13. She most attracts who longest can refuse. AARON HILL. 14. With easy freedom and a gay address, A pressing lover seldom wants success. ROWE. 15. A witty, wild, inconstant, free gallant. ROWE. 16. To me he came; my heart with rapture sprung, To see the blushes, when his faltering tongue First said, I love. My eyes consent reveal, GAY's Dione. 17. So, with decorum all things carried, Miss frown'd, and blush'd, and then was married. GOLDSMITH. 18. She half consents who silently denies. OVID. 19. Men dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. POPE'S Eloisa. 158 20. COURTSHIP. Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles BYRON'S Don Juan. BYRON'S Don Juan. 21. The gentle pressure and the thrilling touch. 22. To pick up gloves, and fans, and knitting-needles, 23. But yet she listen'd-'t is enough Who listens once will listen twice, And one refusal's no rebuff. BYRON. BYRON's Mazeppa. 24. Then thro' my brain the thought did pass, That would not doom me to despair. 25. Skill'd in the ogle of a roguish eye. BYRON'S Mazeppa. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 26. Not much he kens, I ween, of woman's breast, 27. In whispers low, BYRON'S Childe Harold. And sweet as softest music's gentle flow, MRS. HOWE. 28. While the dimple and blush, starting soft to her cheek, Told the tale that her tongue was too timid to speak. MRS. OSGOOD. 29. There's nothing like manœuvering in season, 30. Ye parents, who have daughters to dispose of, To think in maidenhood their lives will doze off, When happy lovers meet DAWES' Geraldine. In some lone spot, where not a sound is heard Of their young hearts to tender wishes stirr'd, As hand seeks hand, and meeting glances tell The unutter'd tale of love too sweetly well. MRS. A. B. WELBY. 1. COWARDICE - FEAR. His hand did quake, And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, And troubled blood thro' his pale face was seen To come and go, with tidings from the heart, As it a running messenger had been. SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. Thereat he smitten was, with great affright, SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 3. Cowards die many times before their death; The valiant never taste of death but once. 4. And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But, coward-like, with trembling terror die. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. |