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To a FRIEND, Who recommended a Wife to him.
I OWN, the Match, you recommend,
Is far above my mean Desert;
I own, you've acted like a Friend,
A hearty, kind, and gen'rous Part.
Is far above my mean Desert;
I own, you've acted like a Friend,
A hearty, kind, and gen'rous Part.
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BUT Marriage, Sir,'s a serious Case;
Maturest Thought should chuse a Wife;
Tho' some aver, the wisest Way's
To think upon it all one's Life.
Maturest Thought should chuse a Wife;
Tho' some aver, the wisest Way's
To think upon it all one's Life.
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