Clarastella Together with Poems occasional, Elegies, Epigrams, Satyrs. By Robert Heath |
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On Lurch the match-contriver.
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On Lurch the match-contriver.
Lurch th'old match-maker with his hunting noseAll the young Heirs both Male and Female knows
In town or Country, widows too, or men
Once married, he can help to wed agen:
Saves them the labour too of wooing, whilst
He bids the bans, and sends them to the Priest
For further copulation: thus doth Lurch
Prey on each party that he brings to Church.
But oh how oft this marriage-Pimp is curst!
'Fore I'd grow rich thus, I'd be hanged first.
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