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TO ONE PERSUADING A LADY TO MARRIAGE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Forbear, bold youth; all's heaven here
Last Line: More bright and large than his.
Alternate Author Name(s): Orinda
Variant Title(s): An Answer To Another Persuading A Lady To Marriage
Subject(s): Courtship; Love; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


FORBEAR, bold youth; all's heaven here,
And what you do aver
To others courtship may appear,
'Tis sacrilege to her.
She is a public deity;
And were 't not very odd
She should dispose herself to be
A petty household god?

First make the sun in private shine
And bid the world adieu,
That so he may his beams confine
In compliment to you:
But if of that you do despair,
Think how you did amiss
To strive to fix her beams which are
More bright and large than his.





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