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EXTEMPORARY COUNSEL GIVEN TO A YOUNG GALLANT IN A FROLICK by ANNE KILLIGREW

First Line: AS YOU ARE YOUNG, IF YOU'L BE ALSO WISE
Last Line: OR UNGENTEEL TO SAY, I FEAR A GOD.
AS you are Young, if you'l be also Wise,
Danger with Honour court, Quarrels despise;
Believe you then are truly Brave and Bold,
To Beauty when no Slave, and less to Gold;
When Vertue you dare own, not think it odd,
Or ungenteel to say, I fear a God.





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