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SCGCJ.769.034
20 Jun 1769:12 (185 Supplement)
From the American Magazine, for February, 1769.
THE CHOICE.
If Heav'n the grateful liberty wou'd give
That I might chuse my method how to live,
I first wou'd take a partner to my bed,
One rul'd by reason not by passion led,
. . . [40 lines on gifts to his bride]
I next would have a store of books well chose,
Some part in ryhme[!] but most in solid prose;
Swift, Shakespeare, Pope, Young, Addison and Gay,
To these the most attention I should pay;
. . . [3 lines]
A turret built close by a river's side,
Where with my wife, and two good friends or three,
I'd spend some hours in vocal harmony;
. . . [38 more lines]
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