Extemporary Counsel given to a Young Gallant in a Frolick

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Extemporary Counsel given to a Young Gallant in a Frolick by Anne Killigrew

 AS you are Young, if you'l be also Wise, 
Danger with Honour court, Quarrels despise; 
Believe you then are truly Brave and Bold, 
To Beauty when no Slave, and less to Gold; 
When Vertue you dare own, not think it odd, 
Or ungenteel to say, I fear a God.

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