Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions | ||
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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.
Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions | ||