A
PRESENT
TO
A
YOUNG
LADY
WITH
A
PAIR
OF
STOCKINGS
.
BY
—
,
FELLOW
OF
—
CAMBRIDGE
.
TO
please
the
Fair
,
what
different
ways
Each
lover
acts
his
part
;
One
tenders
snuff
,
another
praise
,
A
toothpick
,
or
a
heart
!
Alike
they
all
,
to
gain
their
end
,
Peculiar
arts
disclose
;
While
I
,
submissive
,
only
send
An
humble
pair
of
hose
.
Long
may
they
guard
,
from
cold
and
harm
,
The
snowy
limbs
that
wear
'em
,
And
kindly
lend
their
influence
warm
To
ev'ry
thing
that's
near
'em
.
But
let
it
not
be
faulty
deem'd
,
Nor
move
your
indignation
,
If
I
a
little
partial
seem'd
In
gifts
or
commendation
:
Each
fair
perfection
to
display
Would
far
exceed
my
charter
,
My
humble
Muse
must
never
stray
Above
the
knee
or
garter
.
And
who
did
e'er
a
subject
view
So
worthy
to
be
prais'd
,
Or
from
so
fair
foundation
knew
So
fine
a
structure
rais'd
?
Thou
learned
leach
,
sage
Kember
,
say
,
(
In
spite
of
drugs
and
plaisters
)
You
who
can
talk
the
live-long
day
Of
buildings
and
pilasters
:
You
who
for
hours
have
rov'd
about
Thro'
halls
and
colonades
,
And
scarce
would
deign
to
tread
on
aught
But
arches
and
arcades
:
Did
you
,
in
all
your
mazy
rounds
,
Two
nobler
pillars
view
?
What
yielding
marble
ere
was
found
So
exquisitely
true
?
The
swelling
dome
,
with
stately
show
,
May
many
fancies
please
,
I
view
content
what
lies
below
The
cornice
of
the
frieze
;
The
lovely
twins
,
so
white
,
so
round
,
That
bear
the
noble
pile
,
Must
soon
proceed
from
Venus'
mound
,
Or
from
Cythera's
isle
.
Propitious
Fates
preserve
them
safe
,
And
keep
them
close
together
,
And
grant
they
may
the
malice
brave
Of
man
as
well
as
weather
.
From
luckless
love
,
or
rancour
base
,
May
never
harm
attend
'em
,
And
grant
,
whatever
be
the
case
,
That
I
may
still
defend
'em
.
By
gentle
,
generous
love
'tis
true
,
They
never
can
miscarry
,
No
ill
can
come
,
no
loss
ensue
,
From
honest
,
harmless
Harry
.
But
should
a
knight
of
greater
heat
Precipitate
invade
,
Believe
me
,
Bell
,
they
then
may
need
Some
seasonable
aid
.
O
may
I
ready
be
at
hand
From
every
harm
to
screen
'em
,
Then
,
Samson-like
,
I'll
take
my
stand
,
And
live
,
or
die
between
'em
.