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On the Marriage of my deare Kinsman T. S. Esq; and Mrs. D. E.
Whilst the yong world was in minority
Much was indulged; no proximity
Of equall bloud could then stile marriage
Incestuous: But in her riper age
Nature a polititian grew, and laid
A sin on wedlock that at home was made:
That Families being mixt, the world might so
Both Issue propogate and Friendship too,
How will you two then Natures frown abide,
Who are in worthinesse so neer allide?
(For sure she meant that other vertues be
Enlarged thus, as well as Amitie.)
Civility you might have taught the North,
She the South Chastity: But now this worth
Is wanting unto both, 'cause you engrosse
And to your selves communicate this losse.
But since best tempers vertue soon admit,
Your two well-tun'd complections may so fit
[illeg.]coud race, and naturall goodnesse lend,
That nature shall not thus misse of her end.
Much was indulged; no proximity
Of equall bloud could then stile marriage
Incestuous: But in her riper age
Nature a polititian grew, and laid
A sin on wedlock that at home was made:
That Families being mixt, the world might so
Both Issue propogate and Friendship too,
How will you two then Natures frown abide,
Who are in worthinesse so neer allide?
(For sure she meant that other vertues be
Enlarged thus, as well as Amitie.)
Civility you might have taught the North,
She the South Chastity: But now this worth
Is wanting unto both, 'cause you engrosse
And to your selves communicate this losse.
But since best tempers vertue soon admit,
Your two well-tun'd complections may so fit
[illeg.]coud race, and naturall goodnesse lend,
That nature shall not thus misse of her end.
On matchlesse couple then, Hymen smiles, on,
And by a perfect generation
Such living Statues of your selves erect,
That they those vertues which this age reject
May teach the future, and to act restore,
All Honour, living onely now in power.
Be thou the Adam, she the Eve that may
Pople a true reall Utopia.
And by a perfect generation
Such living Statues of your selves erect,
That they those vertues which this age reject
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All Honour, living onely now in power.
Be thou the Adam, she the Eve that may
Pople a true reall Utopia.
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