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Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.

Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.342
Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.