Sir George Etherege (1635?-1691). Song: 'If she be not kind as fair'. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1910. The Book of Restoration Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Song: ‘If she be not kind as fair’

By Sir George Etherege (1635?–1691)


IF 1 she be not kind as fair,
But peevish and unhandy,
Leave her, she’s only worth the care
Of some spruce jack-a-dandy.
I would not have thee such an ass,	5
Hadst thou ne’er so much leisure,
To sigh and whine for such a lass
Whose pride’s above her pleasure.

Note 1. From The Comical Revenge or Love in a Tub, act ii, sc. 3, 1664. [back]