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CONNUBIAL FELICITY.
The fairest soonest fade,
Young brides in flowers array'd,
Will soon grow old,
And prove a scold,
Tho' their forms decay'd.
Young brides in flowers array'd,
Will soon grow old,
And prove a scold,
Tho' their forms decay'd.
But would you live with her at ease,
Fly from the elf and leave her,
The only means a dame to please,
Is by your flight to grieve her.
Fly from the elf and leave her,
The only means a dame to please,
Is by your flight to grieve her.
The sweetest soonest pall,
The tallest soonest fall,
The tender bloom,
Of sweet perfume,
Will pine the first of all.
The tallest soonest fall,
The tender bloom,
Of sweet perfume,
Will pine the first of all.
Little regard the ills of life,
Her frowns are but to flatter,
So when your flight has grieved your wife
Come back and discord scatter.
Her frowns are but to flatter,
So when your flight has grieved your wife
Come back and discord scatter.
The gaudy charms of May,
Are quickly past away,
The honey moon,
Will change as soon,
And love to ills betray.
Are quickly past away,
The honey moon,
Will change as soon,
And love to ills betray.
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The fairest fruit upon the tree,
Is ever soonest rotten,
Know in as much the nuptial glee.
Must pass and be forgotten.
Is ever soonest rotten,
Know in as much the nuptial glee.
Must pass and be forgotten.
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