The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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To Geron
So
prudent, and so young a Wife!
Old Geron, thou art blest for Life.
So kindly careful of your Health;
So close a Steward of your Wealth;
Still railing at th' expensive Town;
Fond of your Seat, when you are down;
At home in London before Nine,
And ready Dress'd at Noon, to Dine;
Tho' blooming, fair, belov'd, a Prude,
To Beaux, and Coxcombs almost rude.
Old Geron, thou art blest for Life.
So kindly careful of your Health;
So close a Steward of your Wealth;
Still railing at th' expensive Town;
Fond of your Seat, when you are down;
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And ready Dress'd at Noon, to Dine;
Tho' blooming, fair, belov'd, a Prude,
To Beaux, and Coxcombs almost rude.
I cannot, happy Man! conceive,
What the illnatur'd World believe,
That all this Care she's pleas'd, to take,
Is not for her old Geron's sake;
But for those Twenty Thousand Pounds,
Rich Jewels, and new purchas'd Gounds,
Unsettled yet by Deed, and free,
That you may leave to her, or me.
What the illnatur'd World believe,
That all this Care she's pleas'd, to take,
Is not for her old Geron's sake;
But for those Twenty Thousand Pounds,
Rich Jewels, and new purchas'd Gounds,
Unsettled yet by Deed, and free,
That you may leave to her, or me.
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