An advice from an old lover to a young wife on her marriage By the author of Will and Jean [i.e. Hector MacNeill]. To which are added, verses written by Major Mordaunt, during the late German war |
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“Lastly, Eliza, let me say,
“That wives should rather yield than sway.
“To thwart a husband's fix'd opinion,
“Is not the way to gain dominion;
“For kisses order, tears reprove,
“And teach us rev'rence, fear and love.—
“That wives should rather yield than sway.
“To thwart a husband's fix'd opinion,
“Is not the way to gain dominion;
“For kisses order, tears reprove,
“And teach us rev'rence, fear and love.—
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