The Bachelor’s Soliloquy. In imitation of a celebrated Speech.
To wed, or not to wed—That is the question;
Whether ’tis happier in the mind to stifle
The heats and tumults of outrageous passion,
Or with some prudent fair in solemn contract
Of matrimony join---to have---to hold---
No more---and by that have to say we end
The heart-ach, and the thousand love-sick pangs
Of celibacy---’twere a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d.——In nuptial band