The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
EPITAPH. Upon a Man, and his Wife.
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EPITAPH. Upon a Man, and his Wife.
Stay, Bachelor! if you have wit!
A wonder to behold!
Husband and Wife, in one dark pit,
Lye close, and never scold!
A wonder to behold!
Husband and Wife, in one dark pit,
Lye close, and never scold!
Tread softly though,—for fear she wakes;
Hark! she begins, already?
You've hurt my head—my shoulder akes:
These sots can ne'er move steady.
Hark! she begins, already?
You've hurt my head—my shoulder akes:
These sots can ne'er move steady.
Ah, friend, with happy freedom blest!
See! how my hope's miscarried!
Not death itself, can give you rest,
Unless you die, unmarried.
See! how my hope's miscarried!
Not death itself, can give you rest,
Unless you die, unmarried.
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