Stray Leaves from the Portfolios of Alisander the Seer, Andrew Whaup, and Humphrey Henkeckle Edited by Alexander Rodger |
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STANZAS,
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STANZAS,
WRITTEN ON A WOMAN-HATER, WHOM THE AUTHOR HEARD DECLARE BEFORE A COMPANY, THAT HE WOULD RATHER SEE A SOW WITH A LITTER OF PIGS, THAN SEE A MOTHER SUCKLING HER INFANT AT HER BREAST.
He who hateth lovely woman,
And forswears her dear embrace,
Can lay claim to nothing human,
Save, perhaps, an idiot's face.
And forswears her dear embrace,
Can lay claim to nothing human,
Save, perhaps, an idiot's face.
Thick his skull, as blocks for wigs,
Cold his heart as coldest metal,
Who'd prefer the grunt of pigs
To the smiling infant's prattle.
Cold his heart as coldest metal,
Who'd prefer the grunt of pigs
To the smiling infant's prattle.
With the pigs, then, let him herd,
Ne'er may smile of woman bless him;
And if e'er he be intered,
None but pigs will ever miss him.
Ne'er may smile of woman bless him;
And if e'er he be intered,
None but pigs will ever miss him.
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