Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ADVICE, by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU


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First Line: Good madam, when ladies are willing, / a man must needs look like a fool
Last Line: Indeed is too mellow for me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Montagu, Mary Wortley; Pierrepont, Mary


Good Madam, when ladies are willing,
A man must needs look like a fool;
For me, I would not give a shilling
For one who would love out of rule.

You should leave us to guess by your blushing,
And not speak the matter so plain;
'Tis ours to write and be pushing,
'Tis yours to affect a disdain.

That you're in a terrible taking,
By all these sweet oglings I see;
But the fruit that can fall without shaking,
Indeed is too mellow for me.






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