| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | A Letter to the Honourable Lady Miss Margaret Cavendish Holles-Harley | | By Matthew Prior (1664–1721) |
| | | MY noble, lovely, little peggy, | |
| Let this my First Epistle, beg ye, | |
| At dawn of morn, and close of even | |
| To lift your heart and hands to Heaven. | |
| In double duty say your prayer: | 5 |
| Our Father first, then Notre Père. | |
| And, dearest Child, along the day, | |
| In every thing you do and say, | |
| Obey and please my lord and lady, | |
| So God shall love, and angels aid ye. | 10 |
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| If to these precepts you attend, | |
| No second letter need I send, | |
| And so I rest your constant friend. | | | | |
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