And then to marry upon ruin’s brink
In all this hurry—What will people think?”—
“Nay, there’s against us neither rule nor law,
And people’s thinking is not worth a straw.
Those who are prudent have too much to do
With their own cares to think of me and you;
And those who are not are so poor a race,
That what they utter can be no disgrace.—
Come! let us now embark; when time and tide
Invite to sea, in happy hour decide; 250