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A SONG.
[September, 1772.]
I
As Chloe fair, a new-made bride,Sat knotting in an arbour,
To Colin now the damsel ty'd,
No strange affection harbour.
II
“How poor,” says [she, “'s a] single life,“A maid's affected carriage;
“Spent in sighs and inward strife,
“Things unknown in marriage.
III
“Virgins vainly say they're free,“None so much confin'd are;
“Lovers kind and good may be,
“Husbands may be kinder.
IV
“Then shun not wedlock's happy chain,“Nor wantonly still fly man;
“A single life is care and pain,
“Blessings wait on Hymen.”
G. Ebbare.
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