Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON BEING ADVISED TO MARRY, by ANONYMOUS


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ON BEING ADVISED TO MARRY, by                    
First Line: "sir, you are prudent, good and wise"
Last Line: A man should think on 't - all his life
Subject(s): Marriage;women; Weddings;husbands;wives


Sir, you are prudent, good and wise,
I own and thank you from my heart;
And much approve what you advise,
But let me think before I start.
For folks well able to discern,
Who know what 'tis to take a wife,
Say 'tis a case of such concern
A man should think on 't—all his life.





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