Poetry
HINTS ON MARRIAGE.
The Poet says nought could relieve, Or fill in Adam's heart the void, Till he obtain'd a lovely Eve His Paradise was unenjoy'd; But there midst flow'rs and verdant leaves Grew untaxed food for many Eves. By Nature gifted happily, Eve charmed with ev'ry word and look, Her Handmaids Grace and Modesty, Her mirror the dear running brook ; And Adam pretty things might say — No Milliners had he to pay. When Eve receiv'd the Angel Guest, And cull'd with taste the choicest food, Adam well-pleas'd enjoy'd the feast ; Calling his Eve and all things good. Well might the Host in converse shine, Whose feast was costless, yet divine. Then fair Ones, beautiful as Eve, Would you, like her, the heart subdue ? Your fashionable follies leave, Have many virtues — fancies few : For know a woman disenchants Less by her faults than by her wants. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 177, 10 April 1847, Page 4
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151Poetry HINTS ON MARRIAGE. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 177, 10 April 1847, Page 4
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