Cupid and Hymen a Voyage to the Isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the Facetious H. C. [i.e. Henry Carey] and T. B.: To which are added, a map of the Island of Marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single ... The Fourth Edition |
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[When real Ills upon us fall]
When real Ills upon us fall,
If not felt, they're no Ills at all;
Nor do they cause much Grief or Pain:
But they whom fancied Ills oppress,
Sworn Foes to their own Happiness,
Are blest with Health and Wealth in vain.
Incurable is their Disease,
In vain one strives to give them Ease,
E'en Remedies themselves offend;
And all the fruitless Pains we take,
On their sick Brain a Cure to make,
T'exasperate them only tend.
If not felt, they're no Ills at all;
Nor do they cause much Grief or Pain:
But they whom fancied Ills oppress,
Sworn Foes to their own Happiness,
Are blest with Health and Wealth in vain.
Incurable is their Disease,
In vain one strives to give them Ease,
E'en Remedies themselves offend;
And all the fruitless Pains we take,
On their sick Brain a Cure to make,
T'exasperate them only tend.
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