%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> 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 afraid: / 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. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/24/2021 36499

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R227081 1 Caelia's my Foe Since Celia's My Foe Celia's My Foe GOd Cupid's unkind / Since my Soul he confin'd, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 39 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 afraid: / 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. Cupid's Masterpiece: OR, Long Wished for Comes at Last: Or, The happy Meeting of William and Mary. A pretty Damsel of Sixteen it is said, Was Courted; but of Love she was afraid: She slights sweet William (so she called 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 joined in Love's strict Mutual Bands, and Married, Let none, though once denied, in Love despair. ?-? VV. Thackeray, T. Passenger, VV. Whitwood

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GOd Cupid's unkind Since my Soul he confin'd, For to Love one doth prove So unconstant in Mind: He has wounded my heart With an amorous Dart: But my Dear will not hear, Though I tell him my smart. Once 'twas he did smile, Which my Heart did beguile; But then all young Men I did scorne for a while:
But my Mind's alter'd now, And by Cupid I vow, I do wish him to Kiss, If I could but tell how. What a madness it is To refuse proffer'd Bliss: a grace to Embrace, When kind Love bids us Kiss. My Desires are too late And I curse my hard Fate, Who first did me forbid, For to make him my Mate
SWeet William was he Who at first tempted me: His Name I can't blame, Though so cruel he be: But now I do fear, My Complaints he won't hear, Though I'm crying, and dying, Each Hour I'th' Year. But if yet I could guess Any Hopes of Redress, I would pray Night and Day, For a better Success. If my Love I make known, And he should it dis-own, Then with Grief past Relief, I were ever undone, So sweet is his Voyce, That it makes me rejoyce For to hear; him I fear, Will not make me his Choice. He's so proper and tall, And so handsom withall, That his sight does delight, And my Senses enthral. When my Billy doth sing, He doth make the Groves ring; would invite to delight, Ea[ch] sensible thing:
Though my words are in vain, Yet till Death I'le remain His own, though ne'r known To be wed by my Swain. Thus with Sighs she did End: But kind Love was her Friend. Now at last, he made hast, And his Bow he did bend: He peirc'd Williams Brest, That he could take no rest; And Love did him move, Which he quickly exprest. To the Damsel he goes Who did languish in woes, And with Arms full of Charms He Embraces his Spouse. He bid her take Heart: For God Cupid by Art, Did enjoyne me, and confine me, Never from you to part. This made her Heart glad, Which before was so sad: They were Marry'd, and ne'r tarry'd, Such Desires they had. Let none then despair, Though tormented they are: For be sure, Love that's pure, Love's Pleasures shall share.
FINIS. [Lon]don, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood.