Identifier: takingsorlifeofc00gasp (find matches)
Title: Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Gaspey, Thomas, 1788-1871 Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
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Publisher: London : John Warren : G. and W.B. Whittaker
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the lovers met no new miscarriage, And soon their parents made them one in marriage. 182 TAKINGS. L. A thrilling moment of unmingled bliss,The happy college youth awaited soon, When with Eliza, now no more a Miss, He took his leave, to spend the honey-moon. This point arrived at, prudent poets stop ; And dramatists at once the curtain drop. LI. To own the truth, in doing so they re right; They should be vigilant to close the scene,So many happy couples snarl and fight, The opposites of all that they have been,When once united in soft wedlocks tie ;Tis well such probabilities to fly. LII. But I, heroically, further dare ; Nor leave Tom but in marriage a beginner,To send my readers off with scanty fare, As others do before the wedding-dinner.I take them thro the month of smiles and laughter,And more tell what occurred some nine months after. roi r worr,lod edJ&noqB oi fsv£oi eiil .qoib muftin oil) atmo-iB *J LI ■ ..^ft ^ aoiliiidarfoiq rfoua (low aiT .IIJ hill i:l beta adjimalo i
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CANTO VI. 183 LIII. Twas then Eliza, now though Mrs. T. We ought to call her, gave her lord an heir,And all her female friends, the babe to see And praise its beauty, failed not to repair ;But half what they to utter there thought meet,While taking caudle, I must not repeat, LIV. This I may tell, without incurring blame,They one and all said, Laid upon the shelf, Im sure, my dear, twould be a crying shameIf you neglected now to nurse yourself: Though you could run a race, for Heavens sake swear You could not for the world go down a stair. LV. Keep your apartment four good weeks, my dear :Men about Magna Charta make a fuss, Prating about its worth from year to year,But more important is this rule to us. And therefore if restored, be sure dont tell Your husband that youre any thing like well. 184 TAKINGS. LYI. She followed this good counsel, Tom, though gladWhen came the regular restoring day, Repined not at the long retirement had,Rejoiced to see her happy her own way ; Considering her

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