"One _April_ morn, when from the sea _Phoebus_ was just appearing! Damon and Celia young and gay, Long settled Love indearing; Met in a grove to vent their spleen, On parents unrelenting; He bred of _Tory_ race had been, She of the tribe _Dissenting_. "Celia, whose eyes outshone the God, Newly the hills adorning, Told him mamma wou'd be stark mad, She missing prayers that morning; Damon, his arm around her waist, Swore tho' nought should 'em sunder, Shou'd my rough dad know how I'm blest, T'would make him roar like thunder. "Great ones whom proud ambition blinds, By faction still support it, Or where vile money taints the mind, They for convenience court it; But mighty Love, that scorns to show, Party should raise his glory; Swears he'll exalt a vassal true, Let it be _Whig_ or _Tory_." The following is a song from "The Country Miss and her Furbelow." "Celladon, when spring came on, Woo'd Sylvia in a grove, Both gay and young, and still he sung The sweet Delights of Love. Wedded joys in girls and boys, And pretty chat of this and that, The honey kiss, and charming bliss That crowns the marriage bed; He snatched her hand, she blushed and fanned And seemed as if afraid, 'Forbear!' she crys, 'youre fawning lyes, I've vowed to die a maid.' "Celladon at that began To talk of apes in hell, And what was worse, the odious curse Of growing old and stale. Loss of bloom, when wrinkles come, And offers kind when none will mind, The rosie joy, and sparkling eye Grown faded and decayed, At which, when known, she changed her tone, And to the shepherd said, 'Dear swain, give o'er, I'll think once more, Before I'll die a maid.'" D'Urfey was a disciple of the "gentle art." Addison says "I must not omit that my friend angles for a trout, the best of any man in England. Mayflies come in late this season, or I myself should have had one of his hooking." We can thus understand his enthusiastic commendation of fishing-- "Of all the world's enjoyments, That ever valu'd were, There's none of our employments, With fishing can compare; Some preach, some write, Some swear, some fight, All golden lucre courting, But fishing still bears off the bell For profit or for sporting. "_Chorus._--Then who a jolly fisherman, a fisherman will be? His throat must wet, Just like his net, To keep out cold at sea. "The country squire loves running A pack of well-mouthed hounds, Another fancies gunning For wild ducks in his grounds; This hunts, that fowls, This hawks, Dick bowls, No greater pleasure wishing, But Tom that tells what sport excels, Gives all the praise to fishing. Then who, &c.