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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INNOCENT MISTRESS: A SONG BY MRS. P., by MARY PIX
First Line: When I languish'd, and wish'd you wou'd something bestow
Last Line: I shall still have enough for the next.
Subject(s): Ignorance; Shame; Singing & Singers; Dullness; Stupdity
First Line: When I languish'd, and wish'd you wou'd something bestow
Last Line: I shall still have enough for the next.
Subject(s): Ignorance; Shame; Singing & Singers; Dullness; Stupdity
When I languish'd, and wish'd you wou'd something bestow,
You bad me to give it a Name;
But, by Heaven, I know it as little as you,
Tho' my ignorance passes for Shame:
You take for Devotion each passionate Glance,
And think the dull Fool is sincere,
But never believe that I speak in Romance
On purpose to tickle your Ear.
To please me then more, think still I am true,
And hug each Apocryphal Text:
Tho' I practice a thousand false Doctrines on you,
I shall still have enough for the next.
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