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First Line: Who is the happier of the two
Last Line: Cho. Sing io, hymen! Io, io, hymen!


Can. Who is the happier of the two,
A maid, or wife?
Ten. Which is more to be desired,
Peace or strife?
Can. What strife can be where two are one,
Or what delight to pine alone?
Bas. None such true friends, none so sweet life,
As that between the man and wife.
Ten. A maid is free, a wife is tied.
Can. No maid but fain would be a bride.
Ten. Why live so many single then?
'Tis not I hope for want of men.
Can. The bow and arrow both may fit,
And yet 'tis hard the mark to hit.
Bas. He levels fair that by his side
Lays at night his lovely Bride.
Cho. Sing Io, Hymen! Io, Io, Hymen!





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