Poems By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips: The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French |
An Answer to another perswading a Lady to Marriage.
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An Answer to another perswading a Lady to Marriage.
1
Forbear bold Youth, all's Heaven here,And what you do aver,
To others Courtship may appear,
'Tis Sacriledge to her.
2
She is a publick Deity,And were't not very odd
She should depose her self to be
A petty Houshold God?
3
First make the Sun in private shine,And bid the World adieu,
That so he may his beams confine
In complement to you.
4
But if of that you do despair,Think how you did amiss,
To strive to fix her beams which are
More bright and large than this.
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