Citation - Political Intelligencer: 1783.12.16

PI.783.018
16 Dec 1783:21  (10)
THE BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY.
To wed, or not to wed,--that is the question,
Whether 'tis happier in the mind to slide,
The heats and tumults of outrageous passion,
Or with some prudent fair, in solemn contract,
Of matrimony join, to have, to hold--
No more,--and by that have to say we end
The heart ache, and the thousand love sick pangs
Of celibacy.  'Twere a consummation devoutly
To be wish'd--in nuptial band.
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