My son, if e'er thou wed a wife,

A Critical Examination of Modern Dating Culture and the Imperative for Transformation

"A Father's Advice" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

My son, if e'er thou wed a wife, And heart and fortune wouldst enjoy, Take her not from a peasant's life, And not from a citizen's employ; For from a peasant thou wilt find A stubborn, stolid, stupid mind, And from the citizen's care and strife, A temper soured by plagues of life.

Then take her from the high…