The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

SEAT OF THE MUSES.

FEMALE COURTSHIP.

Two or three looks, when your man wants
a kiss;
Two or three noes, when he bids you say yes
Two or three smiles, when you utter the no;
Two or three frowns, if he offer to go;
Two or three speeches, like "ah! go away!"
Two or three times you must hold him to stay;
Two or three laughs, when astray for small chat;
Two or three tears, tho' you can't tell for what;
Two or three letters, when vows are begun
Two or three quarrels before you be done;
Two or three meetings to walk here and there;
Two or three nights to the play-house repair;
Two or three dances to make your joke;
Two or three hours in a corner close;
Two or three starts when he bids you elope
Two or three glances, to intimate hope;
Two or three pauses, before you be won;
Two or three wooings, to let him press on;
Two or three sighs, when you've wasted your tears;
Two or three hems, when the chaplain appears;
Two or three squeezes when the hand's giv'n away.
Two or three coughs, when you come to obey;
Two or three courtseys, when marriage is over;
Two or three honeys--discourse your lover;
Two or three frets towards the bed-chamber run;
Two or three kisses, when ask'd but for one.
Two or three lasses may have by these rhymes,
Two or three little ones, two or three times.