THE
Vertuous Young Maids
WISH.
To the Tune of the Old Mans Wish.
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I.
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I Am a Young Maid,
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And Daily am Taught
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That many Young Women
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Are turn'd to be Naught.
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But ne'er let me meet with
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A Sweet-Heart so Hallow,
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As to Wheedle me in,
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Their Foot-steps to follow.
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Tho Friends should forsake me
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And Beauty decay;
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And Riches take their Wings,
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And quite Fly away;
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Let me have a good Name,
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Until my last Day,
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Until my -------- last Day.
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II.
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Let my Master be Civil,
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Not Hasty nor Proud;
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But Real and Honest,
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Wise, Upright and Good.
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With a Mistriss that's Sober,
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Both Vertuous and Just;
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And I be a Servant,
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Deserving their Trust.
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Tho Friends should Forsake me, etc.
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III.
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With a Bible in Pocket,
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And Needle in my Hand;
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To Answer Discretly,
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And be at Cammand.
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Let ne'er my Intentions
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A Bad thing design:
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And still let my Cloaths be
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More fiting than fine.
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Tho Friends should forsake me, etc.
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IV.
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With good Table Beer,
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And Wholsome good Fare,
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No Painting, or Patching,
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Nor Curling of Hair:
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But Grave in Apparrel,
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And sober in Food,
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I truly may merit
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A Name that is Good.
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Tho Friends should forsake me, etc.
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V.
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And if a Young-Man
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(Whom I Love as my Life)
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Should Wed me, and make me
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His Married Wife;
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Let us live still Contented,
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Our Lively-hood such
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As none may Repent it,
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Not Poor, nor too Rich.
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Tho Friends should forsake me, etc.
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VI.
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And when I am Weded,
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Let other Maids say
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An Honest Young Virgin
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Is Married to Day:
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When a Girle, she was Modest,
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When a Maid, she was Chast,
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Not Vain, nor Presumptuous,
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Belov'd of the Best.
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Tho her Friends should forsake her,
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Her Beauty Decay;
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And Wealth (like a Vapour)
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Should Vanish away,
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She'l prove a good Woman
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Until her last Day,
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Until her --------- last Day.
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