Crazy Jane (1820)/The Marriage Act

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THE MARRIAGE ACT.

The fool that is wealthy is sure of a wife;
For riches like fig-leaves their nakedness hide:
The slave that is poor must starve all his life,
In a batchelor's bed without mistress or wife.

In good days of yore they ne'er troubled their heads
In settling of jointures or making of deeds
But Adam and Eve when they first enter'd course
E'en took one another for better for worse.

Thee prithee dear Chloe, ne'er aim to be great,
Let love be thy jointure, ne'er mind an estate,
You can never be poor, who haves all those charms
And I shall be rich when I've you in my arms.

 

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