IN RETURN FOR THE PRESENT OF A PAIR OF BUCKLES. Mary Alcock (née Cumberland) 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. T86344 Alcock [née Cumberland], Mary, 1741?–1798. Poems, &c. &c. by the Late Mrs. Mary Alcock [poems only]. London Printed for C. Dilly, Poultry 1799 p. 106. vii,[25],183,[1]p.

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IN RETURN FOR THE PRESENT OF A PAIR OF BUCKLES . The female heart by bribes is oft assail'd , Full oft by bribes the female heart is won , When tears , and sighs , and flatteries have fail'd , An ear-ring or a necklace might have done . Hence men their court by various presents make , A song , a fan , a top-knot , or a glove , The gift , still pleasing for the giver's sake , Is welcom'd as an emblem of his love . My gentle swain a happier art has found At once his passion and success to prove , Whilst by his magic gift my feet are bound , No power is left me to escape his love .