The Poetical Entertainer Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward] |
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A silly Wife the worst of Evils.
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A silly Wife the worst of Evils.
An Ode.
Of all the plagues of humane Life,A foolish Woman is the worst;
For tho' she's honest, if your Wife,
You'll surely find your self accurs'd.
The Reason's plain, because a Fool,
Tho' chast, will act as if a Wh***re,
And aim imperiously to rule,
Altho' she knows no use of Pow'r:
When she who is by nature blest
With Sense and Manners, tho' a Jilt,
Will make you easy in your Breast,
And from Suspicion skreen her Guilt.
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A cautious Wife my Fate may be;
Who, if she stains her marriage Bed,
Will free my Thoughts from Jealousie.
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