The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke ... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition |
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AIR XIII.
Jultice.The time to beguile,
Now listen a while.
And I'll shew you an excellent plot;
How Husband and Wife,
Thro' the crosses of life,
May be held by the true-lover's knot.
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As mortals are frail,Let indulgence prevail,
And all mutual infirmities blot;
Let the Husband but own
His Wife errs not alone,
And I'll vouch for the true-lover's knot.
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My Dolly so bright,Should your Hob, over night,
Be surprized by his pipe, or his pot;
Let him sleep his dose out,
Nor, by scolding or pout,
Strive to loosen the true-lover's knot.
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When your Wives they grow grey,And their graces decay,
Of all mortal beauty the lot;
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And, by friendship, and truth,
Make eternal the true-lover's knot.
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