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TO A. R. UPON OVERBURY'S WIFE GIVEN TO HER by HENRY KING (1592-1669)

Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT THAT I WOULD INSTRUCT OR TUTOR YOU
Last Line: WHAT YOURSELF ARE, WHAT OTHER WIVES SHOULD BE.
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
NOT that I would instruct or tutor you
What is a wife's behest, or husband's due,
Give I this Widow-Wife. Your early date
Of knowledge makes such precepts slow and late.
This book is but your glass, where you shall see
What yourself are, what other wives should be.



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