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THE LOVER S OFFERING, 
bachelor is full of impatient resolves , to detest and 
avoid all the fair sex. Both of them are full of 
{Barberry) sourness of temper. 
Belvedere, old maids and bachelors, I declare 
against you. Bee Orphrys, you are in great error, 
to manifest so much (Box) stoicism towards the 
sweets of matrimony. Do not you show (Betony) 
surprise, when I declare you have (Bud of White 
Bose) a heart ignorant of love. You have never 
been smitten by a dear one—never been attracted, 
fascinated and conquered by (Blue Bottle) the deli¬ 
cacy of tender love. 0 ye frigid ones, receive 
(Bayberry) instruction. You richly deserve 
(Branch of Thorns) great severity. Repent of 
your (Buttercup) childishness, and (Bulrush) in¬ 
discretion, and yield to the (Burdock) importunity 
of the next lover that comes, with {Small Bind¬ 
weed) humility, {Birch) meekness, {Black Poplar) 
courage, and {Bittersweet) truth. Then will you 
enter upon a state of {Bridal Rose) happy love, and 
then {Branch of Currants) you please all. 
