But he had time for thought when he was ill,
And made his lady an indulgent will:
’Tis said he gave, in parting, his advice,
“It is sufficient to be married twice;”
To which she answer’d, as ’tis said, again,
“There’s none will have you, if you’re poor and plain;
And, if you’re rich and handsome, there is none
Will take refusal—let the point alone.”
Be this or true or false, it is her praise
She mourn’d correctly all the mourning days; 330