Divine Poems Written By Thomas Washbourne |
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To one that married a very rich, but a very deformed woman.
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To one that married a very rich, but a very deformed woman.
Who is't that sayes it was not loveWhich you unto this match did move?
'Twas love, but love of money sure,
That thus to wed did you allure;
'Twas not the beauty which doth lye
In your wives cheek, or lip, or eye,
Or any other part that shines,
Save only in her golden Mines.
It were the Angels in her chest
That first made love within your brest,
There sit the Cupids, there the Graces
Reside in those red and white faces.
In having one wife you have many,
Each bag a wife is, how then can ye
Chuse but be rich? for such as these
Being put to use will soon increase,
Nor will their beauty fade, for th'are
At fifty more then fifteen fair,
As pure good mettal, as refin'd
An age hence, as when they were coin'd,
Provided you keep them in bands
From falling into hucksters hands.
If Pleasure be not, Profit's in
Your match, Poligamy's no sin.
In a free State you may be bold
To marry every piece of Gold;
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The Great Turks vast Seraglio fill.
Yet take my counsel, look well to them,
For many chances will undo them;
They may be call'd in by the State,
And valued at a lower rate;
They may be rounded and defaced,
Or with worse mettal be debased;
They may perhaps suffer a rape,
Be plundred from you; should they scape
These Accidents, yet wings have they
Like Cupid, and will flee away,
Leaving you little else behind
But your sad choise and sadder mind:
For when your money's gone, your wife
Will stay to vex you all your life.
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