Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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CORVUS.
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CORVUS.
A very common Case.
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If e'er I marry, Corvus cries,The tender Partner of my Bed
Must be both affable and wise,
Divinely form'd, and nicely bred.
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II
Good-natur'd, witty, gay, polite,Of Manners gentle and refin'd,
Must like divine Saphira write,
And boast a Mira's perfect Mind.
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'Twas well resolv'd, a Wife he chose:Sure Corvus is extremely blest!
Alas, a wedded Wretch he grows,
At Home perplex'd, Abroad a Jest.
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Either by Wealth, or Features caught,Those Charms that sway the senseless Crowd,
She's the Reverse of what he sought,
Grave, simple, sullen, testy, proud.
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Like Faustus he expects to gain,A fair One deck'd with heav'nly Charms,
But finds with Horror, Grief, Disdain,
A Fury thrust into his Arms.
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