ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. AN IMPROMPTU.
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ft in danger, yet alive,We are come to thirty-five;Long may better years arrive,Better years than thirty-five.Could philosophers contriveLife to stop at thirty-five,Time his hours should never driveO'er the bounds of thirty-five.High to soar, and deep to dive,Nature gives at thirty-five; 10Ladies, stock and tend your hive,Trifle not at thirty-five;For, howe'er we boast and strive,Life declines from thirty-five;He that ever hopes to thrive,Must begin by thirty-five;And all who wisely wish to wiveMust look on Thrale at thirty-five. * * * * *
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