hould I churlishly forsake him?
Or in pity to his passion,
Fondly to my bosom take him?
Echo: Take him, take him!

Thy advice then, I'll adhere to,
Since in Cupid's chains I've led him;
And with Henry shall not fear to
Marry, if you answer, "Wed him!"
Echo: Wed him, wed him!

_Joseph Addison._

A GENTLE ECHO ON WOMAN

IN THE DORIC MANNER

_Shepherd._ Echo, I ween, will in the woods reply,
And quaintly answer questions: shall I try?
_Echo._ Try.
_Shepherd._ What must we do our passion to express?
_Echo._ Press.
_Shepherd._ How shall I please her, who ne'er loved before?
_Echo._ Before.
_Shepherd._ What most moves women when we them address?
_Echo._ A dress.
_Shepherd._ Say, what can keep her chaste whom I adore?
_Echo._ A door.
_Shepherd._ If music softens rocks, love tunes my lyre.
_Echo._ Liar.
_Shepherd._ Then teach me, Echo, how shall I come by her?
_Echo._ Buy her.
_Shepherd._ When bought, no question I shall be her dear?
_Echo._ Her deer.
_Shepherd._ But deer have horns: how must I keep her under?
_Echo._ Keep her under.
_Shepherd._ But what can glad me when she's laid on bier?
_Echo._ Beer.
_Shepherd._ What must I do so women will be kind?
_Echo._ Be kind.
_Shepherd._ What must I do when women will be cross?
_Echo._ Be cross.
_Shepherd._ Lord, what is she that can so turn and wind?
_Echo._ Wind.
_Shepherd._ If she be wind, what stills her when she blows?
_Echo._ Blows.
_Shepherd._ But if she bang again, still should I bang her?
_Echo._ Bang her.
_Shepherd._ Is there no way to moderate her anger?
_Echo._ Hang her.
_Shepherd._ Thanks, gentle Echo! right thy answers tell
What woman is and how to guard her well.
_Echo._ Guard her well.