Love
A Song: Love a Woman! you're an Ass
From Works (1718)
Love
Love a Woman! you're an Ass,
'Tis a most insipid Passion;
To chuse out for your Happiness,
The silliest Part of God's Creation.
Let the Porter, and the Groom,
Things design'd for dirty Slaves;
Drudge in fair Aurelia's Womb,
To get Supplies for Age and Graves.
Farewel, Woman, I intend,
Henceforth, ev'ry Night to sit
With my lewd well-natur'd Friend,
Drinking to engender Wit.
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MLA
Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester. “A Song: Love a Woman! you're an Ass.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rochester/20/.
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Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester. “A Song: Love a Woman! you're an Ass.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rochester/20/.
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