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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTEMPORARY COUNSEL GIVEN TO A YOUNG GALLANT IN A FROLICK, by ANNE KILLIGREW Poet's Biography
First Line: As you are young, if you'l be also wise
Last Line: Or ungenteel to say, I fear a god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Killegrew, Anne
First Line: As you are young, if you'l be also wise
Last Line: Or ungenteel to say, I fear a god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Killegrew, Anne
AS you are Young, if you'l be also Wise,
Danger with Honour court, Quarrels despise;
Believe you then are truly Brave and Bold,
To Beauty when no Slave, and less to Gold;
When Vertue you dare own, not think it odd,
Or ungenteel to say, I fear a God.
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