Ladies breastknot/To Signora Cuzzoni

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Ladies breastknot (1802)
To Signora Cuzzoni
3299352Ladies breastknot — To Signora Cuzzoni1802

TO SIGNORA CUZZONI.

LITTLE Syren of the ſtage,
Charmer of an idle age,
Empty warbler, breathing lyre,
Wanton gale of fond déſire.

Bane of every manly art,
Sweet enfeebler of the heart;
Oh! too pleaſing is thy ſtrains
Hence to ſouthern ſtrains again.

Tuneful miſchief, vocal ſpell,
To this iſland bid farewel:
Leave us as we ought to be,
Leave the Britons rough and free.



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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