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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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[Patience, too soon your Bliss you boast]
 
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[Patience, too soon your Bliss you boast]

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Patience, too soon your Bliss you boast,
Perhaps you count without your Host;
Already once the Fool you've play'd,
And may again, you're not yet dead.