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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON TAKING A WIFE, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, come,' said tom's father, 'at your time of life'
Last Line: "why, so it is, father, -- whose wife shall I take?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Variant Title(s): A Joke Versified;how Very Modern
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
First Line: Come, come,' said tom's father, 'at your time of life'
Last Line: "why, so it is, father, -- whose wife shall I take?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Variant Title(s): A Joke Versified;how Very Modern
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
"COME, come," said Tom's father, "at your time of life,
There's no longer excuse for thus playing the rake. --
It is time you should think, boy, of taking a wife." --
"Why, so it is, father, -- whose wife shall I take?"
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