 | Original poems on several subjects |  |
Advice to a LADY,
On an Offer of Marriage.
Take my advice, without delay,
It will prevent a world of sorrow;
What wisely can be done to-day,
Defer not vainly till to-morrow.
It will prevent a world of sorrow;
What wisely can be done to-day,
Defer not vainly till to-morrow.
Thus, when the ivy would invest
Its kindred tree, if aught divides,
That branch no more for ever prest,
Hence quickly disengag'd it slides.
Its kindred tree, if aught divides,
That branch no more for ever prest,
Hence quickly disengag'd it slides.
| Original poems on several subjects | |