Bide ye yet (1825)/Variety is charming

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variety is charming.

I’m in love with twenty.
I’m in love with twenty,
⁠And could adore
⁠As many more,
There s nothing like a plenty.

Variety is charming,
Variety is charming,
⁠A constancy
⁠Is not for me,
So ladies take your warning.

For a man in one love,
For a man in one love,
⁠He looks as poor
⁠As any boor,
For a man in one love.
⁠Variety, &e.

Girls grown old and ugly,
Girls grown old and ugly,
⁠They can’t inspire
⁠The same desire,
As when their young and smugly.
⁠Variety, &c.

‘Tis not the grand regalia,
‘Tis not the grand regalia,
⁠Of eastern kings,
⁠That poets sings,
But O the sweet seraglio.
⁠Variety, &c.