Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

A Petition to a Steel Thimble, which a Lady usually wore in her Bosom; wrote at the Request of a Gentleman. [from Poems on Several Occasions]

London

Printed by T. Browne

1733

"Steal softly to her Heart, and see, / If any Room be left for me; / And if one Place be unpossess'd, / Fit to receive so true a Guest"

Go to thy own beloved Nest,
Where thou so often tak'st thy Rest:
There, while thou dost in Ambush lie,
Securely hid from ev'ry Eye,
Steal softly to her Heart, and see,
If any Room be left for me;
And if one Place be unpossess'd,
Fit to receive so true a Guest;
Be Thou my Advocate, and tell
What Flames within my Bosom dwell.
Say, that my Passion is sincere,
Say, that I beg to enter there:
And, if by Thy prevailing Art,
I gain Admission to her Heart;
If, by this Stratagem of Thine,
The Nymph to Kindness shall incline;
My Friend I will esteem thee more
Than ought that e'er thy Figure bore:
Unenvious then, I will intreat
That thou may'st keep thy downy Seat:
A League with thy bright Metal seal,
And Gold shall yield its Fame to Steel.

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See Poems on Several Occasions. By Mary Masters. (London: Printed by T. Browne, for the author, 1733). <Link to ESTC>

08/29/2005