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POLLY: DUCAT'S SONG by JOHN GAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE THAT WEDS A BEAUTY / SOON WILL FIND HER CLOY
Last Line: IN A MARRIED LIFE.
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
He that weds a beauty
Soon will find her cloy;
When pleasure grows a duty,
Farewell love and joy:
He that weds for treasure
(Though he hath a wife)
Hath chose one lasting pleasure
In a married life.



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