Lines, written on hearing a beautiful Young Lady express a determination to live an Old Maid
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Lines, written on hearing a beautiful Young Lady express a determination to live an Old Maid
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WHAT! live an old maid! the idea is distressing,
Be banish'd for ever the thought - 'tis unkind;
Remember great Natur's design, you're transgressing,
By leaving the pleasures of marriage behind.
WHY live an old maid? - have Love's arrows lost power
To wound - to infix their soft sting in thy heart?
Why offer celibacy's shrine a fair flower,
Whose fragrance such ecstatic thrills can impart.
THOU, live an old maid! nay, I cannot believe thee,
Thou wilt not connubial pleasure forego;
Hymeneal bliss is a balm will relieve thee
From every sorrow; - 'tis Heaven below.
'Tis a gleam which in beautiful radiance shineth,
Vain are words, its dear rapturous transports to tell;
'Tis a flame which terrestrial comfort refineth,
A source of pure pleasure - A Heavenly spell.
THEN, avaunt with the thought - be no longer forsaken,
The soul-cheering prospect of conjugal bliss;
Call fancy to aid - it will soon re-awaken,
The thrilling delight of a chaste nuptial kiss.
WHAT, live an old maid! - thou art now in youth's morning
Be call'ed an "OLD MAID" to the close of thy life! -
More sweetly endearing - nay, far more adorning,
Are the titles of "faithful, affectionate WIFE."
Be banish'd for ever the thought - 'tis unkind;
Remember great Natur's design, you're transgressing,
By leaving the pleasures of marriage behind.
WHY live an old maid? - have Love's arrows lost power
To wound - to infix their soft sting in thy heart?
Why offer celibacy's shrine a fair flower,
Whose fragrance such ecstatic thrills can impart.
THOU, live an old maid! nay, I cannot believe thee,
Thou wilt not connubial pleasure forego;
Hymeneal bliss is a balm will relieve thee
From every sorrow; - 'tis Heaven below.
'Tis a gleam which in beautiful radiance shineth,
Vain are words, its dear rapturous transports to tell;
'Tis a flame which terrestrial comfort refineth,
A source of pure pleasure - A Heavenly spell.
THEN, avaunt with the thought - be no longer forsaken,
The soul-cheering prospect of conjugal bliss;
Call fancy to aid - it will soon re-awaken,
The thrilling delight of a chaste nuptial kiss.
WHAT, live an old maid! - thou art now in youth's morning
Be call'ed an "OLD MAID" to the close of thy life! -
More sweetly endearing - nay, far more adorning,
Are the titles of "faithful, affectionate WIFE."
Creator
E.
Source
1:44, p. 176
Date
1828.01.25
Collection
Citation
E., “Lines, written on hearing a beautiful Young Lady express a determination to live an Old Maid,” Periodical Poets, accessed May 7, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/108.
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