Epigram

ON A LATE MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN OLD MAID AND FRENCH PETIT MAÎTRE

Tho' Miss ----'s match is a subject of mirth, She considered the matter full well, And wisely preferred leading one ape on earth To perhaps a whole dozen in hell.

First published in The Watchman, No. V, April 2, 1796. Included in Literary Remains, 1836, i. 45. First collected P. and D. W., 1877, ii. 368.

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