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TO GERON, by                    
First Line: So prudent and so young a wife! / old geron, thou art blest for life
Last Line: That you may leave to her—or me.
Subject(s): Jewelry & Jewelers; London; Money; Wealth; Rings; Bracelets; Necklaces; Riches; Fortunes


SO prudent and so young a wife!
Old Geron, thou art blest for life.
So kindly careful of your health,
So close a steward of your wealth;
Still railing at th' expensive town,
Fond of your seat, when you are down;
At home in London before nine,
And ready dressed at noon to dine;
Though blooming, fair; beloved, a prude;
To beaux and coxcombs almost rude.
I cannot, happy man! conceive,
What the ill-natured world believe,
That all this care she's pleased to take
Is not for her old Geron's sake;
But for those twenty thousand pounds,
Rich jewels, and new-purchased grounds,
Unsettled yet by deed and free,
That you may leave to her—or me.





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