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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WIDOW BEDOTT TO ELDER SNIFFLER, by FRANCES MIRIAM WHITCHER
First Line: O reverend sir, I do declare
Last Line: Priscilla pool bedott.
Subject(s): Sickness; Women; Illness
First Line: O reverend sir, I do declare
Last Line: Priscilla pool bedott.
Subject(s): Sickness; Women; Illness
O REVEREND sir, I do declare
It drives me most to frenzy,
To think of you a-lying there
Down sick with influenzy.
A body'd thought it was enough
To mourn your wife's departer,
Without sich trouble as this ere
To come a-follerin' arter.
But sickness and affliction
Are sent by a wise creation,
And always ought to be underwent
By patience and resignation.
O, I could to your bedside fly,
And wipe your weeping eyes,
And do my best to cure you up,
If 'twouldn't create surprise.
It's a world of trouble we tarry in,
But, Elder, don't despair;
That you may soon be movin' again
Is constantly my prayer.
Both sick and well, you may depend
You'll never be forgot
By your faithful and affectionate friend,
PRISCILLA POOL BEDOTT.
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