The Forgiving Husband and Adulteress Wife Or, A Seasonable Present to the Unhappy Pair in Fanchurch-Street. By the Author of the Lodon-Spy [i.e. Edward Ward] |
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Moral Reflexion's on the foregoing Dialogue.
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Moral Reflexion's on the foregoing Dialogue.
How
happy is that God-like Man,
Who can forgive Offences,
And wink at such and odious Stain,
That startles human Senses?
Who can forgive Offences,
And wink at such and odious Stain,
That startles human Senses?
The nuptial Treach'ry of the Fair,
Tho' nothing grows more common;
Yet is it hard for Man to bear
Such Vsage from a Woman.
Tho' nothing grows more common;
Yet is it hard for Man to bear
Such Vsage from a Woman.
Adultery, the very Name
Is hateful to the Guilty;
The wanton Dame is stabb'd with Shame,
When e'er she's thought so filthy.
Is hateful to the Guilty;
The wanton Dame is stabb'd with Shame,
When e'er she's thought so filthy.
When once detected in a Wife,
It proves the Bane of Wedlock;
And she that loves it, ought for Life
To wear a publick Padlock:
It proves the Bane of Wedlock;
And she that loves it, ought for Life
To wear a publick Padlock:
But if she turns from Bad to Good,
And mends her ill Behaviour,
'Tis hard repenting Beauty shou'd
Be cast away for ever.
And mends her ill Behaviour,
'Tis hard repenting Beauty shou'd
Be cast away for ever.
Therefore, when Wives their Weakness shew,
Pass not too harsh a Sentence,
But pardon Wrongs upon their due
Submission and Repentance.
Pass not too harsh a Sentence,
But pardon Wrongs upon their due
Submission and Repentance.
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