In Answer to a LADY who advised RETIREMENT. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont) 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. T131163 K104099.004 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] p. 195. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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In Answer to a LADY who advised RETIREMENT . By the Same . YOU little know the heart that you advise ; I view this various scene with equal eyes : In crowded courts I find myself alone , And pay my worship to a nobler throne . Long since the value of this world I know , Pity the madness , and despise the show . Well as I can my tedious part I bear , And wait for my dismission without fear . Seldom I mark mankind's detested ways , Not hearing censure , nor affecting praise ; And , unconcern'd , my future state I trust To that sole Being , merciful and just .