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DE LUPO; EPIGRAM by CHARLES COTTON

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First Line: WHEN LUPUS HAS WROUGHT HARD ALL DAY
Last Line: WOULD'ST THOU ONCE CALL ME TO MY REST.

WHEN Lupus has wrought hard all day,
And the declining Sun,
By stooping to embrace the sea,
Tells him the Day's nigh done;
Then to his young wife home he hies
With his sore labour sped,
Who bids him welcome home, and cries,
Pray, Husband, come to bed.
Thanks, Wife, quoth he, but I were blest,
Would'st thou once call me to my rest.



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