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STRIKING BEAUTY by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: TOM, STRUCK BY HER FACE, TOOK AND MARRIED A WIFE
Last Line: HE SHOULD EVER BE STRUCK BY HER FIST AS WELL!
Subject(s): DOMESTIC RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; VIOLENCE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

TOM, struck by her face, took and married a wife,
Hoping in conjugal bliss to dwell;
Tom little thought that, in after life,
He should ever be struck by her fist as well!



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