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RAG.783.002
2 Jan 1783:33 (9/544)
From the St. James's Chronicle.
A BATCHELOR'S SOLILOQUY. In Imitation of a Speech in HAMLET
To wed or not to wed?--that is the question,
Whether 'tis happier in the mind to stifle
The heats and tumults of outrageous passion,
With some prudent [ ] in solemn contract
. . . [27 lines]
THE MAID'S SOLILOQUY. A counterpart to the above.
To wed, or not to wed?---That is the question.
Whether 'tis happier for a maid to live
The footless vestal's life, and be a nun---
Or with a lover go to church, and join
Her hand to his, and promise constant love.
. . . [27 more lines, signed] Z.
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