Gentleman's Magazine on Spring Gardens (1732) [ Places ]
… 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 stiff Brocade … handsome cits, Who love new fashions, and who hate the wit, To her they bow'd, then with a desp'rate sigh Says one, Your charming love, or let me dye; To them with thund'ring march a captain comes, ' Surrender there. The cits now …
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