Classic Poem

Sir Thomas Willit ( speaks .)

'Tis then our selves who, by implicit Trust,
Tempt Servants, Friends and Wives to be Unjust.

Lady Frankair ( speaks )

Man knows us not; we trifle with their Art:
Woman can only Judge of Woman's Heart.

Miss Sprightly ( speaks )

Am I to be terrified with Shakespear? Let Shakespear then thus answer you.

Of all the Wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange Women should fear;
Since Marriage is a necessary Ill,
And will come when it will come.

Pert (speaks)

How sweet, though short, would be the nuptial Life!
If 'twas no longer Love, no longer Wife.

Barter (speaks)

Honour alone supports a noble Name;
Without it, Title but sets off the Shame.

Barter (speaks)

Those, who the Gifts of Fortune truly rate,
Find and secure the independant State.
How much we hazard by superfluous Cost!
In ev'ry Debt some Liberty is lost.
He then, whose Fortune and Expence agree,
Is wise and great: for he alone is free.