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N1111 HAIL! fairest WELLS, tho' late the MUSES Deign, / To hear this Nymphs and Loves unsung, Complain. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 470 1: 470 (1) / Hampstead-Wells. (1) Hampstead-Wells. (1) Hampstead-Wells. 1706-1706

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HAIL! fairest WELLS, tho' late the MUSES Deign, To hear this Nymphs and Loves unsung, Complain. At length propitious to this eager Prayer, Bid Thee with ASTROP, TUNBRIDGE to compare; And let thy FAME all Second-Honours scorn, High on the Wings of thy own Wind-mill born. What though thy crowded WALKS no TITLES boast, 'Tis Beauty, and not Birth, that makes the Toast. The ruddy Lip, Black Eyes, well-govern'd Fan, And a young swelling-forwardness for MAN, Will please, where Nature deals with equal Hand, Though from Round-Court, or from the neighbouring Strand. By Nature's Laws, in Love, Distinctions cease, And Ladies never scruple, but Undress. What else makes wanton R------ge with softn'd Grace, Sweep all the WALKS, and set her dimpled Face, To Catch the first promiscuous Embrace. And Bobby (deaf to Honour) from the Croud, Chuse a fair BEAU, with no big Title proud. ONE frankly from her China-Shop retires, Quitting a gainful Trade to quench her raging Fires. And fair Round-Court, taught by dear Mother's Arts, Neglecting High Honours and Deserts, Takes Petty-Fogger for his Larger Parts. Bright H---------ley, both Beautiful and Young, The TOAST of every Glass, each Poet's Song, Whose glittering Charms do all the WALKS surprize, While her WIT speaks, and Triumphs of her Eyes; Hears the Swains sigh, and hears them Sigh in vain, For She does all, with graceful Scorn, disdain: None but her Aged Sire her Passion moves, 'Tis he alone (and pitty 'tis) she loves. With him she dangles to and fro all Day, And in his silver Locks her pretty Fingers play. Hail! F------r next, thou MAN and WOMAN too, That doest both Ways thy eager Lust pursue. Some secret Charms must, sure, in Thee prevail, For whom Swains languish, and the Nymphs look pale: What are the ARTS with which thou does ensnare, And lead, at Will, the captivated FAIR; That
(2) That MAIDS who fear by Men to be undone, With hasty Joy to thy Embraces run? Is it that from thy Bliss there is no fear, Ladies of Honour lost again shou'd hear, No pratling Boys shou'd to the World proclaim Their wanton Mother's Ruin, to their shame? In vain ------ For SATYR shall the Theft reveal, While they a double Disappointment feel; WIND, their Security, an empty Name, Cheated of Pleasure, and undone to Fame. Here, in vile Hack, the viler Punk comes down, Seeking thy Streams her inbred Fires to drown, Through whom the WATERS with loud Hissings pass, And one Green-Gown burns up the friendly Grass. But, oh, Cane-WOOD! let not thy Shades declare How oft, without Distinction from the Fair, The well-chin'd Clown has put in for a Share. Few here of unregarded VOWS complain, From mighty C---------et to sweet I---------k L---------ne. Enough, my Muse, let the next Task display The Knights that in this happy Quarter stray, Where Fortune-Hunters ply for every Prize; If from False-Oaths the wary WIDOW flies, He knows to Catch her Jointure by False Dice. Grave-headed CITS, with their Legitimate Race, Of the same Depth of Brain, and the same Cut of Face; The Gentle SIRES the newest Dance compose, And Squire the Ladies when the Tumbler shews. The sick Brigade that Whirles the Time away, And in soft Evening-Breezes gently play, To Cheat the Hippo, Gout and Sciatica. The Jolly Boys that roar for t'other Quart, And slowly from the Seventh Bowl depart: Bowlers, with sweaty Night-Caps, and Strong-Feet, And humble Rogues that for a Tester Cheat. 'Twere endless to describe the Medley-Crew, Scarce such the late fam'd Smithfield-Cloysters knew; And if thy FAME proceed so daring when so Young, What Triumphs to thy riper Years belong? What happy Subject for an abler SONG?
FINIS. Printed in the YEAR, 1706.