I took Pen, Ink, and Paper too

First Line I took Pen, Ink, and Paper too
Author Robert Beere
Date c1740
Description

Occasional (concluding the manuscript book) [Literature], original. 

Transcribed from Huntington MS 106, p. 369.

Transcription

I took Pen, Ink, and Paper too,

And wrote these Lines, with much ado;

If they are not to your Desire,

Consume them straitway in the Fire:

But if in them you take Delight,

I have my Wish; And so Good-Night.