SONNET. TO THE SAME. Thomas Edwards Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1137 K093079.004 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. IV. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 53. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET . TO THE SAME . BY THE SAME . " WITH prudence choose a wife " — Be thy first care Her Virtue , not confin'd to time or place , Or worn for shew ; but on Religion's base Well-founded , easy , free , and debonair : Next rose-cheek'd Modesty , beyond compare The best cosmetic of the Virgin's face ; Neatness , which doubles every female grace ; And Temper mild , thy joys and griefs to share ; Beauty in true proportion rather choose Than colour , fit to grace thy social board , Chear thy chaste bed , and honest offspring rear ; With these seek Prudence well to guide thy house , Untainted Birth , and , if thy state afford , Do not , when such the prize , for Fortune square .