“Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes The finish'd sense: while stung with keen desire The madd'ning boy his bashful fetters bursts; And, urg'd with secret flames, the riper maid, Conscious and shy, betrays her smarting breast.” DesireSecretBoysBloodYouthSummerConsciousDrunkFlamesGenerousBreastsShyWarmthInvitesBetrayFifteenVirginsMaidsRaptureFettersBashful Author:John Armstrong
“The blood, the fountain whence the spirits flow The generous stream that waters every part, And motion, vigor, and warm life conveys To every particle that moves or lives.” MovingSpiritWaterBloodFlowWarmGenerousStreamsFountainParticlesVigor Book:The Art of Preserving Health: a Poem. Price Four Shillings Sewed Source: The Art of Preserving Health: a Poem. Price Four Shillings Sewed
“Ye generous maids, revenge your sex's wrong; Let not the mean destroyer e'er approach Your sacred charms. Now muster all your pride, Contempt and scorn, that, shot from Beauty's eye, Confounds the mighty impudent, and smites The front unknown to shame.” MeanEyeSexFrontsPrideApproachShotsShameSacredRevengeGenerousCharmContemptScornMaidsDestroyersMuster Author:John Armstrong
“Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants Are few, and without opulence supplied;) This noble end is, to produce the soul; To show the virtues in their fairest light; To make humanity the minister Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast The generous luxury the gods enjoy.” WantSoulEndsUseShowsLightCareHumanityEnjoyChanceTeachVirtueProduceFoolLuckyGuiltRichesNobleLuxuryMinistersGenerousBreastsSunshineProvidenceNeglectedShieldsKnavesBasenessOpulence Author:John Armstrong
