The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM LXXXIV.
[In an old Rabbi's book, this story's given—]
PAR PARI.
In an old Rabbi's book, this story's given—
When Eve and Adam first were man and wife,
Ten vessels full of Speech came down from Heav'n,
Nine out of which the woman kept for life.
When Eve and Adam first were man and wife,
Ten vessels full of Speech came down from Heav'n,
Nine out of which the woman kept for life.
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In active pow'rs of head, and hand and heart,
Adam, no doubt, surpass'd his consort far;
Yet Eve had wherewithal to play her part;—
Nine words in ten, set all upon a par!
Adam, no doubt, surpass'd his consort far;
Yet Eve had wherewithal to play her part;—
Nine words in ten, set all upon a par!
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