| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | Counseil to a Bachelor | | By Marianne Moore |
| | From Pouters and Fantails
Elizabethan Trencher MottoBodleian Library: [with title and modification of second line]
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IF thou bee younge, then marie not yett; | |
| If thou bee olde, then no wyfe gett; | |
| For younge mens wyves will not bee taught, | |
| And olde mens wyves bee good for naught. | | | |
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