Constant swain/Blind cupid

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Constant swain (1799)
Blind Cupid
3216364Constant swain — Blind Cupid1799

BLIND CUPID

BLIND Cupid for ever,
I defy thy both quiver:
Neither do I regard thy long bow,
Nor arrow shall prick me,
Nor woman out-wit me,
I am free from all sorrow and woe.

If Jenny had been loyal
I had ne'er stood the trial,
Of any girl but her in life,
I oftentimes told her,
Which made her the bolder,
'Twas on purpose to make her my wife.

But the jade being wanton,
She must needs play the whore,
So eagerly that was her fame,
Then I solemnly swore,
I would love her no more.
But laugh at her folly and shame.

But blest be the hour,
That first gave her power
Of Cupid, that little blind boy,
Though I cannot deny,
Sometimes by the bye.
All the pleasures of love I enjoy’d.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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