J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Katherine Philips (‘Orinda’) (1631–1664)An Answer to another persuading a Lady to Marriage
F
And what you do aver,
To others, courtship may appear,
’Tis sacriledge to her.
And were’t not very odd
She should depose her self to be
A petty household god?
And bid the world adieu,
That so he may his beams confine
In complement to you.
Think how you did amiss,
To strive to fix her beams which are
More bright and large than this.