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10
THE DIVORCE.
No more let defections of wedlock be blam'd,
To be sure of grave Cato you've heard;
In morals more strict not a man cou'd be nam'd,
Yet his Wife to a friend he transferr'd.
To be sure of grave Cato you've heard;
In morals more strict not a man cou'd be nam'd,
Yet his Wife to a friend he transferr'd.
In Rome they encourag'd no Trials crim. con.
In France, Cuckold-making's a Jest;
And, I trust, in few years, by the help of bon ton,
We shall be as polite as the best.
In France, Cuckold-making's a Jest;
And, I trust, in few years, by the help of bon ton,
We shall be as polite as the best.
'Tis vastly immense! and most horridly low!
When a Month after Marriage is past,
That the Husband shou'd be such a Fright not to know
His Lady's affections can't last.
When a Month after Marriage is past,
That the Husband shou'd be such a Fright not to know
His Lady's affections can't last.
For, broken in Fortune, and ruin'd in Health,
To patch up both Person and Purse,
His Honour addresses some Citizen's Wealth,
And the Daughter accepts, as his Nurse.
To patch up both Person and Purse,
His Honour addresses some Citizen's Wealth,
And the Daughter accepts, as his Nurse.
Too oft, for the sake of a Title impure,
Doom'd Beauty is forc'd from her vows,
To unite with a Blank, for upon the Grand Tour
Foreign Vice has disabled the Spouse.
Doom'd Beauty is forc'd from her vows,
To unite with a Blank, for upon the Grand Tour
Foreign Vice has disabled the Spouse.
In defence of the Fair, Satire openly stands,
And forbids the vague Spendthrifts to roam;
Wives have too much stock lying dead on their hands
When Husbands are Bankrupts at home.
And forbids the vague Spendthrifts to roam;
Wives have too much stock lying dead on their hands
When Husbands are Bankrupts at home.
Censure no marrid Dame, as the trade's so decreas'd,
Heavy Interest, Principal clogs;
When Ladies have furnish'd an exquisite feast,
Must their dainties be thrown to the dogs?
Heavy Interest, Principal clogs;
When Ladies have furnish'd an exquisite feast,
Must their dainties be thrown to the dogs?
Then Divorce,—but we laugh at such frivolous things,
Having here no intention to part:—
We are wed to our Wine; Wine regen'rates the springs
Of that self-moving muscle the Heart.
Having here no intention to part:—
We are wed to our Wine; Wine regen'rates the springs
Of that self-moving muscle the Heart.
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Though to Wine we are wed, yet we do not think sit
To be tied down for better for worse,
If our landlord Adultery dares to commit,
At once we demand a Divorce.
To be tied down for better for worse,
If our landlord Adultery dares to commit,
At once we demand a Divorce.
But at present I hope, with an Englishman's ease,
We enjoy both our Wine and our Wives;
By Liberty blest, with the pleasure to please,
May we live all the days of our lives.
We enjoy both our Wine and our Wives;
By Liberty blest, with the pleasure to please,
May we live all the days of our lives.
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