Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Matthew Prior. 16641721427. A Letter to Lady Margaret Cavendish Holles-Harley, when a Child
MY noble, lovely, little Peggy, | |
Let this my First Epistle beg ye, | |
At dawn of morn, and close of even, | |
To lift your heart and hands to Heaven. | |
In double duty say your prayer: | 5 |
Our Father first, then Notre Père. | |
And, dearest child, along the day, | |
In every thing you do and say, | |
Obey and please my lord and lady, | |
So God shall love and angels aid ye. | 10 |
If to these precepts you attend, | |
No second letter need I send, | |
And so I rest your constant friend. |