"To A Lady Who Said It Was Sinful to Read Novels" by Christian Milne

To A Lady Who Said It Was Sinful to Read Novels
by Christian Milne

To love these books, and harmless tea, 
Has always been my foible, 
Yet will I ne’er forgetful be 
To read my Psalms and Bible. 

Travels I like, and history too, 
Or entertaining fiction; 
Novels and plays I’d have a few, 
If sense and proper diction. 

I love a natural harmless song, 
But I cannot sing like Handel; 
Deprived of such resource, the tongue 
Is sure employed — in scandal.






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