A MON ask'd me but once: and I gave him denial,
Intending to fnap him the very next tryal:
But, alas! he's determin'd to ask me no more,
And now makes his court to the fair Leonore.
But I'll have a good heart, fince I'm full well affur'd
He ne'er wou'd have taken a maid at her word,
If he'd been worth keeping: for this I discover,
He that takes the firft nay, is a very cold lover.
If deep were his wound, if fincere were his pain,
I know he'd have ask'd me again and again:
Then adieu, let him go; for why fhou'd I vex?
Since if he'd been serious, he'd' allow'd for the SEX.