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EPIGRAM CXXV.

[The Russian husbands, as we're told]

CORRIGE SODES.

The Russian husbands, as we're told,
Their wives to due correction hold,
Whene'er they act, or judge ill:—
“Love me and love my dog,” we cry;
But their rough discipline seems to imply,
“Love me, and love my cudgel.”