THE YOUNG MAN'S RESOLUTION. Janet Little (later Richmond) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T126549 Little, Janet, 1759-1813. The Poetical Works of Janet Little, the Scotch Milkmaid. Air Printed by John & Peter Wilson 1792 p. [100].

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THE YOUNG MAN'S RESOLUTION . BY Cupid and Bacchus I'm sadly perplex'd , Both parties to hear I incline : The urchin for ever comments on this text , Beware of the juice of the vine . Then Bacchus appears , with a cup in his hand , Says , " Drink , and you'll drown ev'ry care ; But mind , ere you taste , I'll a promise demand , That you fly from the lips of the fair . " O , sad the dilemma ! pray , what must I do ? With Bacchus I never can part : Ah ! dear little God , if neglected by you , It will rend ev'ry string of my heart . O why such a pother ? I've found out a way , I'll bind myself fast by an oath , While life warms my breast , each his pow'r shall display , And I'll henceforth be loyal to both .