Matthew Prior. Dialogues of the Dead and Other Works in Prose and Verse. The Text Edited by A. R. Waller |
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Richard and Nelly.
An Epigram.
Quoth Richard in jest, looking wistly at Nelly,Methinks child you seem something round in the belly:
Nell answer'd him snapishly, How can that be?
My husband has been more than two years at sea.
Thy husband! quoth Dick, why that matter was carry'd
Most secretly, Nell, I ne'er thought thou wer't marry'd.
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