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EPITAPH ON A HENPECKED SQUIRE by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: AS FATHER ADAM FIRST WAS FOOLED
Last Line: THE DEVIL RULED THE WOMAN.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
As father Adam first was fool'd,
(A case that's still too common,)
Here lies man a woman ruled,
The devil ruled the woman.



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