TO A JILTED SWAIN

TO A JILTED SWAIN

Get thee back neglected friends;And repay, as each one lends,Tithes of shallow-sounding gleeOr keen-ringing raillery:Get thee from lone vigils; beBut in jocund company,Where is laughter and acclaimBoisterous above the name.—Get where sulking husbands sipAle-house cheer, with pipe at lip;And where Mol the barmaid saithCurst is she that marrieth.

Get thee back neglected friends;And repay, as each one lends,Tithes of shallow-sounding gleeOr keen-ringing raillery:Get thee from lone vigils; beBut in jocund company,Where is laughter and acclaimBoisterous above the name.—Get where sulking husbands sipAle-house cheer, with pipe at lip;And where Mol the barmaid saithCurst is she that marrieth.

Get thee back neglected friends;And repay, as each one lends,Tithes of shallow-sounding gleeOr keen-ringing raillery:Get thee from lone vigils; beBut in jocund company,Where is laughter and acclaimBoisterous above the name.—Get where sulking husbands sipAle-house cheer, with pipe at lip;And where Mol the barmaid saithCurst is she that marrieth.

Get thee back neglected friends;

And repay, as each one lends,

Tithes of shallow-sounding glee

Or keen-ringing raillery:

Get thee from lone vigils; be

But in jocund company,

Where is laughter and acclaim

Boisterous above the name.—

Get where sulking husbands sip

Ale-house cheer, with pipe at lip;

And where Mol the barmaid saith

Curst is she that marrieth.


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