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THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR, by                    
First Line: "young molly, who lives at the foot of the hill"
Last Line: How to win the dear lass with the delicate air
Subject(s): Cupid;love; Eros


YOUNG MOLLY, who lives at the foot of the hill,
Whose fame every virgin with envy doth fill,
Of beauty is blessed with so ample a share,
Men call her the lass with the delicate air.

One evening, last May, when I traversed the grove,
In thoughtless retirement, not dreaming of love,
I chanced to espy the gay nymph, I declare,
And really she'd got a most delicate air!

That moment young Cupid selected a dart,
And pierced without pity, my innocent heart;
From thence how to win the dear maid was my care
A captive I fell to her delicate air.

A thousand times o'er I've repeated my suit,
But still the tormenter affects to be mute:
Then tell me, you swains, who have conquered the fair,
How to win the dear lass with the delicate air.





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