Pretty sportive happy creature,
Full of life, and full of play,
Taught to live by faithful Nature,
Never canst thou miss thy way.

By her dictates kind instructed,
Thou avoid'st each real smart;
We, by other rules conducted,
Lose our joy to show our art.

Undisguised, each reigning passion,
When thou mov'st or look'st we see:
Were the same with us the fashion,
Happy mortals would we be!

May her favour still pursue thee,
Who proposed thee for my theme;
Till superior charms subdue thee,
And inspire a nobler flame.

In each other blessed and blessing,
Years of pleasure let them live;
Each all active worth possessing,
Earth admires or heaven can give.