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From these they mil he careful to select.

For this an heiress, and for that a beauty;

For one a songstress who hath no defect,

For t'other one who promises much duty;

For this a lady no one can reject,

Whose sole accomplishments were quite abooty;

A second for her excellent connections;

A third, because there can be no objections.

XXXV.

When Rapp the Harmonist embargoed marriageC 2 )In his harmonious settlement—(which flourishes

Strangely enough as yet without miscarriage,Because it breeds no more mouths than itnourishes ,

Without those sad expenses which disparageWhat nature naturally most encourages) —

Why call'd he « Harmony » a state sans wedlock P

Now here I have got the preacher at a dead lock.