Nature
To the Large and Beautiful Miss ——, in Allusion to Some Partnership in a Lottery Share, Impromptu
From Juvenile Poems
Nature
In wedlock a species of lottery lies,
Where in blanks and in prizes we deal;
But how comes it that you, such a capital prize,
Should so long have remained in the wheel?
If ever, by Fortune's indulgent decree,
To me such a ticket should roll,
A sixteenth, Heaven knows! were sufficient for me;
For what could I do with the whole?
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MLA
Moore, Thomas. “To the Large and Beautiful Miss ——, in Allusion to Some Partnership in a Lottery Share, Impromptu.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/71/.
Chicago
Moore, Thomas. “To the Large and Beautiful Miss ——, in Allusion to Some Partnership in a Lottery Share, Impromptu.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/71/.
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