(_Whose name is Amanda._)
With Apologies to the Shade of Christopher Marlowe.
Come live with me and be my Dear;
And till that happy bond shall lapse,
I'll set your Poutings in _Brevier_,[l8]
Your Praises in the largest CAPS.
There's _Diamond_--'tis for your Eyes;
There's _Ruby_--that will match your Lips;
_Pearl_, for your Teeth; and _Minion_-size.
To suit your dainty Finger-tips.
In _Nonpareil_ I'll put your Face;
In _Rubric_ shall your Blushes rise;
There is no _Bourgeois_ in _your_ Case;
Your _Form_ can never need "_Revise_."
Your Cheek seems "_Ready for the Press_";
Your Laugh as _Clarendon_ is clear;
There's more distinction in your Dress
Than in the oldest _Elzevir_.
So with me live, and with me die;
And may no "FINIS" e'er intrude
To break into mere "_Printers' Pie_"
The Type of our Beatitude!
(ERRATUM.--If my suit you flout,
And choose some happier Youth to wed,
'Tis but to cross AMANDA out,
And read another name instead.)
Note:
[18] "Pronounced Bre-veer" (Printers' Vocabulary).