The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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To two young Ladies,
who retir'd to live together.
What strange Device is this ye've made,The Bonds of Hymen to evade,
And drive alone a sep'rate Trade?
Mourn then, ye Beaux, mourn every Swain!
The Arts of Love ye Learn in vain:
The Fair are to the Fair grown true,
And Beauty does it self subdue!
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