Religion and Philosophy A Tale. With Five other Pieces. By Major Pack |
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AN EXPOSTULATION WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE,
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AN EXPOSTULATION WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE,
Who was going to Marry an Old Rich PARSON.
And hath my Lovely Perjur'd Cloe swore,That I must never, never meet her more?
Is there no kind Propension in your Heart,
That stirs to take your injur'd Strephon's part?
I see your Soul debating in your Eyes.
Prudence in vain would Inclination hide:
When Love lies Panting underneath your Pride.
Wedlock, you say, will all This Conflict end—
And, for a Husband could You quit a Friend?
Cold are the Comforts of That Marriage-Bed
Where Interest only Tempts the Bride to Wed.
Canst Thou, now Youth doth every Sense invite
To Flow'ry Paths of daily-new Delight,
Renounce at once the Court, the Park, and Play;
The Pleasures of the Night, and Scandal of the Day?
With tedious Sermons have thy Patience vext,
While your Head rambles on another Text?
Or, when soft Harmony might Charm thy Ear,
Sternhold's vile Psalms in viler Consorts hear?
Abroad Unpity'd, and Distress'd at Home?
No, no, You'd soon Lament your alter'd State,
Wish a fresh Change, but Wish perhaps too late.
Think then Betimes, e'er yet You are Undone;
Nor put these Matrimonial Fetters on.
But if, howe'er, Your Parents have Decreed,
To join You with this Rev'rend Invalid,
Nature may still Co-operate with Grace,
And some sound Curate fill the Rector's Place.
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