William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
Song: ‘If she be not kind as fair’Sir George Etherege (1635?–1691)
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But peevish and unhandy,
Leave her, she’s only worth the care
Of some spruce jack-a-dandy.
I would not have thee such an ass,
Hadst thou ne’er so much leisure,
To sigh and whine for such a lass
Whose pride’s above her pleasure.