Sylvia's Complaint of her Seres Unhappiness. A poem. Being the Second Part of Sylvia's Revenge, or, a Satyr against Man [by Richard Ames] |
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In Impositions when we Virgins are;
What Yoaks and Fetters does the Female choose,
Who enters in the Matrimonial Noose?
To be the Partner of anothers Flame,
Gives up her Self, her Fortune, and her Name,
Her Hours of soft Repose and Liberty,
Nay, her own will then cease to be free;
For what Commands may not a Husband lay,
When the Wifes part, is only to Obey?
And we the blest Effects may see each hour,
Of such unbounded Arbitrary Power.
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