<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420391" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To a Lady</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I some antique Jar behold,<br>Or white, or blue, or speck'd with gold,<br>Vessels so pure, and so refin'd<br>Appear the types of woman-kind:<br>Are they not valu'd for their beauty,<br>Too fair, too fine for household duty?<br>With flowers and gold and azure dy'd,<br>Of ev'ry house the grace and pride?<br>How white, how polish'd is their skin,<br>And valu'd most when only seen!<br>She who before was highest priz'd<br>Is for a crack or flaw despis'd;<br>I grant they're frail, yet they're so rare,<br>The treasure cannot cost too dear!<br>But Man is made of coarser stuff,<br>And serves convenience well enough;<br>He's a strong earthen vessel made,<br>For drudging, labour, toil and trade;<br>And when wives lose their other self,<br>With ease they bear the loss of Delf.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Gay">John Gay</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420391" data-title="To a Lady de John Gay" data-description="When I some antique Jar behold, Or white, or blue, or speck'd with gold, Vessels so pure, and so refin'd Appear the types of woman-kind: Are they not valu'd for their beauty, Too fair, too fine for household duty? With flowers and gold and azure d..."></div> </div> </div>

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