Of vulgar wants, of clothing, meat and drink—
Urges our amorous swains their joys to seize,
And then, at rags and hunger frighten'd, flees.—
Yet not too long in cold debate remain:
Till age, refrain not—but if old, refrain.
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By no such rule would Gaffer Kirk be tried;
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First in the year he led a blooming bride,