Nor Wives nor Husbands floated in their Heads; }

And flowers were flowers alone, and were not bridal beds. }

Polygamy in all its various kind

Was never suffer’d to disturb the Mind;

Nor could she in a simple Daisy see

(Ah, Crime!) superfluous polygamy; 810

In a bright Sunflower she had not the pain

To find this same polygamy again;

Nor could a Marigold the more approve

To find it there was necessary Love.