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Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions

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Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

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POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

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81

MORAL.

While Men have these Ambitious Fancies;
And wanton Wenches read Romances;
Our Sex will—What? Out with it. Lye;
And Their's in equal Strains reply.
The Moral of the Tale I sing
(A Posy for a Wedding Ring)
In this short Verse will be confin'd:
Love is a Jest; and Vows are Wind.
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