WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY.
When do I mean to marry ? When 'Tis idle to dispute with fate; But if you choose to hear me tell, Pray listen while I fix the date. When daughters haste with eager feet A mother's daily toil to share, Can make the puddings which they eat, And mend the stockings which they wear ! When maidens look upon a man As in himself what they would marry, And not as army soldiers scan A sutler or a commissary. When gentle ladies who have got The offer of a lover's hand, Consent to share his " earthly lot," And do not mean his lot of land. When young mechanics are allowed To find and wed the farmers' girls, Who don't expect to be endowed With rubies, diamonds, gems, and pearls. When wives, in short, shall freely give Their hearts and hands to aid their spouses, And live as they were wont to live Within their sire's one-storey houses. Then madam — if I'm not too old — Rejoiced to quit this lonely life, I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold, And look about me for a wife 1
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 371, 22 July 1869, Page 3
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189WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 371, 22 July 1869, Page 3
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