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Read in the Wunder reader — freeLong life, pure love, and boundless liberty.
May love and reason be friends, and beauty and prudence marry.
May the lovers of the fair sex never want the means to defend them.
May the sparks of love brighten into a flame.
May the joys of the fair give pleasure to the heart.
May we be loved by those whom we love.
May we kiss whom we please, and please whom we kiss.
May the bud of affection be ripened by the sunshine of sincerity.
May a virtuous offspring succeed to mutual and honourable love.
May the presence of the fair curb the licentious.
May the confidence of love be rewarded with constancy in its object.
May the honourable lover attain the object of his wishes.
May the lovers of the fair be modest, faithful, and kind.
May the wings of love never lose a feather.
May the blush of conscious innocence ever deck the faces of the British fair.
May the union of persons always be founded on that of hearts.
May the generous heart ever meet a chaste mate.
May the temper of our wives be suited to those of their husbands.
May true passion never meet with a slight.
May every woman have a protector, but not a tyrant.
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BACCHANALIAN.
May we act with reason when the bottle circulates.
May good fortune resemble the bottle and bowl, And stand by the man who can't stand by himself.
May we never want wine, nor a friend to partake of it.
May our love of the glass never make us forget decency.
May the juice of the grape enliven each soul, And good humour preside at the head of each bowl.
May mirth exalt the feast.
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