THE · SLEEPING · BEAUTY
The Moral
To get as prize a husband rich and gay,
Of humour sweet, with many years to stay,
Is natural enough, 'tis true;
To wait for him a hundred years,
And all that while asleep, appears
A thing entirely new.
Now at this time of day.
Not one of all the sex we see
Doth sleep with such profound tranquillity:
But yet this Table seems to let us know
That very often Hymen's blisses sweet,
Altho' some tedious obstacles they meet,
Are not less happy for approaching slow.
'Tis natures way that ladies fair
Should yearn conjugal joys to share;
And so I've not the heart to preach
A moral that's beyond their reach.
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