William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
The AnswerLady Mary Wortley Montagu (16891762)
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’Tis a pleasure to adore;
Hope, the wretch’s only blessing,
May, in time, procure me more.
Where both wealth and merit fail;
And the lucky minute gain her—
Fate and fancy must prevail.
By the bow and by the quiver,
Thrice she bowed, and thrice she vowed,
Once to love—and that forever.