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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Counseil to a Bachelor

Marianne Moore

From “Pouters and Fantails”

Elizabethan Trencher Motto—Bodleian Library: [with title and modification of second line]

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.