"The Fish in Innocence secure, / Once tempted by the Bait; / Pursues and snaps the treach'rous Lure, / And meets her certain Fate: / So Virgins when to Love betray'd, / Indulge the pleasing Pain; / The Passion does each Sense invade, / They ne'er are free again."
The Beggar's Wedding. A New Opera
First performed March 24, 1729. 11 entries in the ESTC (1729, 1730, 1731, 1733).<br>
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<u>The Beggar's Wedding. A New Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Dublin, with great Applause. And At the Theatre in the Hay-Market. To which are added the New Prologue and Epilogue, And the Musick to all the Songs. By Mr. Char. Coffey</u>, 3rd edition (London: Printed for James and John Knapton, 1729). 