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EPILOGUES.
262
With hidden fear and difmal horrour ftruck,
I heard my fpoufe was to fubfcribe the book.
By all our loves I begg’d he would forbear;
Upon my knees I wept, and tore my hair.
But when I found him fix’d, how I behav’d 1
I thought him loft, and like a fury rav’d ;
Believ’d he would for ever be undone,
By fome ftrange operation undergone.
When he came back, I found a change, ’tis true.
But fuch a change as did his youth renew :
With rofy cheeks and finding grace he came.
And fparkling eyes, that Ipoke a bridegroom’s flame.
Ye married ladies, ’tis a happy life.
Believe me, that of a free-malbn’s wife.
Tho’ they conceal the fecrets of their friends.
In love and truth they make us full amends.
262
With hidden fear and difmal horrour ftruck,
I heard my fpoufe was to fubfcribe the book.
By all our loves I begg’d he would forbear;
Upon my knees I wept, and tore my hair.
But when I found him fix’d, how I behav’d 1
I thought him loft, and like a fury rav’d ;
Believ’d he would for ever be undone,
By fome ftrange operation undergone.
When he came back, I found a change, ’tis true.
But fuch a change as did his youth renew :
With rofy cheeks and finding grace he came.
And fparkling eyes, that Ipoke a bridegroom’s flame.
Ye married ladies, ’tis a happy life.
Believe me, that of a free-malbn’s wife.
Tho’ they conceal the fecrets of their friends.
In love and truth they make us full amends.
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Freemasonry > Free-masons pocket-companion > (272) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/123601395 |
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| Description | Containing the history of masonry from the creation to the present time; the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; lists of the officers of the Grand Lodges in England and Scotland ; with a collection of charges, constitutions. Second edition. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.82.54 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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