The maidens desire. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09468 of text R180327 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09468 80923057 Wing M268A_VARIANT ESTC R180327 ocm 80923057

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 eng Ballads, English -- 18th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The maidens desire. n/a 1700 1 372 0 0 0 5 0 0 1344.09 F The rate of 1344.09 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-06 Sampled and proofread 2014-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Maidens desire . As Celia was walking one day in a grove , She play'd on her Flute , the delights of true love ; cry'd oh that I cou'd attain to the bliss , for to kno╌w , what a young man can do , love is more than a kiss . I've heard my dear Mother , say when she was young , Before she was married , she thought the time long ; And love is a pleasure , I fancy by this , I must know , with a young man can do , love is more than a kiss . I 'd fain be a Mother , I 'm charming and young , Why shou'd I loose teeming ? when beauty is gon , The young men will slight , and deny me the bliss , I must know , with a young man can do , love is more than a kiss . The Shepherd was near , and he heard her complain , He flew to her aid . When the Nymph saw the swain , The Rose and the Lilly did spread her fair face . I must die , then the swain did reply , or y beauty imbrace . No , no I 'm too young Sr. my Mother does say , Let 's try say'd the Shepherd , on these cocks of hay ; He lay'd her down gently , which was not amiss , For to shew , with a young man can do , love is more than a kiss . She cry'd lovely Shepherd , I pray now forbear . The thoughts of my Mother , does put me in fear ; Ne'er fear quoth the Shepherd , t will hinder our bliss , You shall know , with a young man can do , love is more than a kiss . Then she to his power , a victim did fall , He learnt her a lesson that 's pleasing to all , And made her a Mother , there 's no harm in this . She does know , with a young man can do , love is more than a kiss .