Gentleman's Magazine on Spring Gardens (1732) [ Places ]
… soft meanders play, When nature smiles , and all the world is gay ; From Drury's bounds see shining throngs repair With borrow'd charms to breath in sweeter air; From stinking rags, and lofty garret free'd, Lo! Oyster Betty shines in … But ah! hard fate for oars, a gen'ral call Proclaims the price, so skullers take them all. Now the glad pinnace bounds with wanton pride, Darts from the shore, and beats the foaming tide, With joy they're driven by a prosperous gale, While the glad Boatswain tells a bawdy tale; At Vauxhall stairs they …
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