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WHEN first Amyntas su'd for a Kiss, My innocent Heart was tender; That tho' I push'd him away from the bliss, My Eyes declar'd my Heart was won; I fain an artful Coyness wou'd use, Before I the Fort did Surrender: But Love wou'd suffer no more such abuse, And soon, alas! my cheat was known: He'd sit all day, and laugh and play, A thousand pretty things would say; My hand he'd squeez, and press my knees, Till farther on he got by degrees.

My Heart, just like a Vessel at Sea, Wou'd toss when Amyntas was near me; But ah! so cunning a Pilot was he, Thro' Doubts and Fears he'd still sail on: I thought in him no danger cou'd be, Too wisely he knows how to steer me; And soon, alas! was brought to agree, To tast of Joys before unknown: Well might he boast his Pain not lost, For soon he found the Golden Coast; Enjoy'd the Oar, and 'tach'd the shore, Where never Merchant went before.