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SUSANNAH PROUT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIES MY WIFE
Last Line: COME BACK TO ME.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Here lies my wife,
Susannah Prout;
She was a shrew
I don't misdoubt:
Yet all I have
I'd give, could she
But for one hour
Come back to me.



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