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Nay, do not blush! I only heard / You had a mind to marry; / I thought I'd speak a friendly word, / So just one moment tarry.
Wed not a man whose merit lies / In things of outward show, / In raven hair or flashing eyes.
That please your fancy so.
But marry one who's good and kind, / And free from all pretence; / Who, if without a gifted mind, / At least has common sense.