Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A HOUSEHOLD HINT, by ANONYMOUS


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A HOUSEHOLD HINT, by                    
First Line: "she practices, my jealous wife"
Last Line: Done up in naphtha-balls
Subject(s): Marriage;smells; Weddings;husbands;wives;odors;aromas;fragrances


She practices, my jealous wife,
A cruelty refined;
A sorcery by which she keeps
Me exiled from my kind.

If, evenings, I attend the club,
My fellow-men will flee;
If at a soiree I appear,
No girl will sit by me.

I pray, but to her face so mild --
Of look -- it only calls
A siren smile. She keeps my clothes
Done up in naphtha-balls.





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