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A WIFE, A WIFE, A WIFE, ALL THE DIN IS WIFE—OH FIE! FIE! FIE!
Away with all this folly,
Which burdens down my life,
Which leads to melancholy,
And strikes the road of strife,
Some small regard for cheat she pays,
And cheats me all my remnant days.
Which burdens down my life,
Which leads to melancholy,
And strikes the road of strife,
Some small regard for cheat she pays,
And cheats me all my remnant days.
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Say not a wife is for the best,
That robs one of his leisure,
Eager with one though fair to rest,
Without one lasting pleasure,
Few pleasures true, she may afford,
But after, oh! take care good lord.
That robs one of his leisure,
Eager with one though fair to rest,
Without one lasting pleasure,
Few pleasures true, she may afford,
But after, oh! take care good lord.
Fancy proclaims angelic bloom,
Her charms abound with heaven,
A garden fraught with sweet perfume,
At morning, noon and even,
Oh, life is thus to death betrayed,
A danger sprite in smiles arrayed.
Her charms abound with heaven,
A garden fraught with sweet perfume,
At morning, noon and even,
Oh, life is thus to death betrayed,
A danger sprite in smiles arrayed.
If by a woman life is crowned,
She makes man's life a heaven,
That woman has not yet been found,
One thousand sure, not seven,
If celibacy breeds concern,
Oh, try the good, the evil learn—
With sorrow!
She makes man's life a heaven,
That woman has not yet been found,
One thousand sure, not seven,
If celibacy breeds concern,
Oh, try the good, the evil learn—
With sorrow!
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