With this regard his courtship turns awry,
And shuns the name of husband.
From “Posthumous Parodies and other Pieces, composed by several of our Most Celebrated Poets, but not published in any former edition of their works.” London, John Miller, 1814.
To wed, or not to wed? That is the question.
Whether it is advisable to bear
The dull privations of a single life,
Or marry, and in wedlock seek relief
From many woes? To desperately woo
Some charming woman decked with seraph lips