Ladies breastknot/To Signora Cuzzoni

TO SIGNORA CUZZONI.

LITTLE Syren of the ſtage,
Charmer of an idle age,
Empty warbler, breathing lyre,
Wanton gale of fond déſire.

⁠Bane of every manly art,
Sweet enfeebler of the heart;
Oh! too pleaſing is thy ſtrains
Hence to ſouthern ſtrains again.

⁠Tuneful miſchief, vocal ſpell,
To this iſland bid farewel:
Leave us as we ought to be,
Leave the Britons rough and free.

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