The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore

The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore - Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes

The name of the country town, in Englanda well-known fashionable watering-placein which the events that gave rise to the following correspondence occurred, is, for obvious reasons, suppressed. The interest attached, however, to the facts and personages of the story, renders it independent of all time and place; and when it is recollected that the whole train of romantic circumstances so fully unfolded in these Letters has passed during the short period which has now elapsed since the great Meetings in Exeter Hall, due credit will, it is hoped, be allowed to the Editor for the rapidity with which he has brought the details before the Public; while, at the same time any errors that may have been the result of such haste will, he trusts, with equal consideration, be pardoned. Who d' ye think we've got here?quite reformed from the giddy. Fantastic young thing that once made such a noise Why, the famous Miss Fudgethat delectable Biddy, Whom you and I saw once at Paris, when boys, In the full blaze of bonnets, and ribands, and airs Such a thing as no rainbow hath colors to paint; Ere time had reduced her to wrinkles and prayers, And the Flirt found a decent retreat in the Saint. Poor "Pa" hath popt offgone, as charity judges, To some choice Elysium reserved for the Fudges; And Miss, with a fortune, besides expectations From some much revered and much palsied relations, Now wants but a husband, with requisites meet, Age, thirty, or thereaboutsstature six feet, And warranted godlyto make all complete. Nota benea Churchman would suit, if he's high, But Socinians or Catholics need not apply. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 8187
Author: Moore, Thomas
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English