Careful Words

wooing (n.)

And when with envy Time, transported,

Shall think to rob us of our joys,

You 'll in your girls again be courted,

And I 'll go wooing in my boys.

Thomas Percy (1728-1811): Winifreda (1720).

Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe

When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe;

Like other charmers, wooing the caress

More dazzlingly when daring in full dress;

Yet thy true lovers more admire by far

Thy naked beauties—give me a cigar!

Lord Byron 1788-1824: The Island. Canto ii. Stanza 19.