A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. - Joseph Addison

Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse, And show th' immortal labours in my verse, Where from themingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight, Such heavenly figures from his pencil flow, So warm with life his blended colours glow. From theme to theme with secret pleasure tost, Amidst the soft variety I 'm lost: Here pleasing airs my ravish'd soul confound With circling notes and labyrinths of sound; Here domes and temples rise in distant views, And opening palaces invite my Muse.

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow.

On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.