Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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The Simile.
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The Simile.
Thus, like two buckets that attend the well,
Each take their turn to ease the other's spell:
The first arriv'd, the next as free descends,
And mutual thus fulfil their mutual ends.
Each take their turn to ease the other's spell:
The first arriv'd, the next as free descends,
And mutual thus fulfil their mutual ends.
Or, like a bark that steals across the tide,
Whose equal turn its equal oars divide;
But wanting one, or else the stroke ill crost,
The vessel sinks, or strands upon the coast.
But equal plied the strong united oar,
The toil is sweet, and every bank a shore!
Thus match'd, thus pair'd, thus fitted to its mate
We may be happy in the married state:
But if unmatch'd, unfitted, and unpair'd,
You may be married, but you must be marr'd!
Whose equal turn its equal oars divide;
But wanting one, or else the stroke ill crost,
The vessel sinks, or strands upon the coast.
But equal plied the strong united oar,
The toil is sweet, and every bank a shore!
Thus match'd, thus pair'd, thus fitted to its mate
We may be happy in the married state:
But if unmatch'd, unfitted, and unpair'd,
You may be married, but you must be marr'd!
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