Relationships
Epigram 78. To my Niece Mrs. Isabella Boteler
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Relationships
Your sister Iulia's married well, and so
(Sweet Niece) I wish you were dispos'd of too.
You the green sickness languish in, and sure
For that an husband is the proper'st cure.
What tho child-bearing pains on women drawes?
Sweet-meats (by th' Proverb) should have sowre sauce.
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